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






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






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






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






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






7. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






12. What is the LEM?


13. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






15. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






19. Why was NASA created?






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


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






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






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






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






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






26. Who was president when NASA was created?






27. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






31. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






38. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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


45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






46. When was the first space shuttle launched?






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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