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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. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






14. Why was NASA created?






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






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


17. What were the first words from the moon?


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






19. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






21. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


24. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






26. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






30. What were the first words from the moon?


31. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






32. What is the LEM?


33. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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


42. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. When did the first American orbit the earth?