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






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






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






5. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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


10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






11. Why was NASA created?






12. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






16. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






18. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






27. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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


32. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






36. What does NASA stand for?






37. When was the Explorer I launched?






38. What were the first words from the moon?


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






40. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






45. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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