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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






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






6. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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


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


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






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






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






17. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






20. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






25. Name the 7 original astronauts






26. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






30. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






32. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






36. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






41. hen was NASA created?






42. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






48. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






49. What does NASA stand for?






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