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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words from the moon?


2. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






4. Who was president when NASA was created?






5. What is the LEM?


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






7. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






10. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






15. What does NASA stand for?






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






20. What is the LEM?


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






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


26. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






33. Why was NASA created?






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






35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






38. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






42. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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