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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






22. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






23. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


28. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






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






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






40. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Name the 7 original astronauts






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