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NASA Space Program

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






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






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






4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






11. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






13. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






16. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






21. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






27. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






32. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






36. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






40. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






42. What were the first words from the moon?


43. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






47. Who was president when NASA was created?






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


50. What does NASA stand for?