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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the name of the space module that the first American to orbit the earth use?






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






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






4. What does NASA stand for?






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






6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






9. Why was NASA created?






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






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


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






13. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






14. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






22. When did the first American orbit the earth?






23. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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


29. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






37. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






44. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






50. What were the first words from the moon?