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NASA Space Program

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






2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






6. What does NASA stand for?






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






8. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






9. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. hen was NASA created?






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






18. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






31. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






33. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


35. Name the 7 original astronauts






36. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






39. When was the Explorer I launched?






40. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






43. What is the LEM?


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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






47. Why was NASA created?






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






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


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