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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. hen was NASA created?






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






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






13. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






17. What is the LEM?


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






19. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






23. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






35. Who was president when NASA was created?






36. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






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






40. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






43. What were the first words from the moon?


44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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