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NASA Space Program

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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


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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






10. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






20. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






22. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






26. What does NASA stand for?






27. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






30. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






35. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






40. Name the 7 original astronauts






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






44. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






45. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






50. Why was NASA created?