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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words from the moon?


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






3. What were the first words from the moon?


4. Why was NASA created?






5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






7. hen was NASA created?






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






9. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






12. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






18. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






23. hen was NASA created?






24. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






29. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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


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






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






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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


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






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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