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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






2. Name the 7 original astronauts






3. What were the first words from the moon?


4. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






7. hen was NASA created?






8. Who was president when NASA was created?






9. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






14. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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


19. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


23. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






32. hen was NASA created?






33. What is the LEM?


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






35. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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