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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 size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






3. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






4. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






8. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






9. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






15. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






18. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






25. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






29. hen was NASA created?






30. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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