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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does NASA stand for?






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






17. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


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






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






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


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






45. hen was NASA created?






46. When was the Explorer I launched?






47. Who was president when NASA was created?






48. hen was NASA created?






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






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