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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the LEM?


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






3. What is the LEM?


4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






9. What does NASA stand for?






10. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


14. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






18. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






21. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. When did the first American orbit the earth?






29. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






38. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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