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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the date the first human flew in space?






2. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






4. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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






9. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






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






11. Why was NASA created?






12. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






13. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






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


16. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






20. What were the goals of the second man in space program for the U.S.?


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






22. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






26. Name the 7 original astronauts






27. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?






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


29. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






31. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






32. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






37. What date did the first American walk in space?






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






39. What is the LEM?


40. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?






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






42. What does NASA stand for?






43. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?






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






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






46. How many more Apollo missions were there to the moon? Why or why not?






47. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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