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NASA Space Program

Subjects : trivia, science
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does NASA stand for?






2. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






3. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






4. What was aboard the second articial satellite that was launched?






5. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






6. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






7. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?






8. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






9. What was the second man in space program for the U.S.?






10. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






12. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






13. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






14. What is the date the first human flew in space?






15. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






16. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






17. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?






18. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






19. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


20. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






21. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






22. Who was the first American to orbit the earth?






23. What is the date the first human flew in space?






24. hen was NASA created?






25. Who was the first human to fly in space?






26. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






27. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






28. What was the name of the command module of the Apollo mission that landed on the moon? LEM?






29. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






30. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






31. What does NASA stand for?






32. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






33. What was happening in history to prompt President John F. Kennedy's speech of May 25 - 1961?


34. How many flights were in the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?






35. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?


36. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






38. What was the difference between the second man in space program for the U.S. And the Mercury program?






39. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






40. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






41. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


42. Name the 7 original astronauts






43. Who were the astronauts of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






44. Name the 7 original astronauts






45. Who was the first American to walk in space?






46. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?






47. What were the first words from the moon?


48. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






49. What astronauts were on the Apollo mission that landed on the moon?






50. Who was president when NASA was created?