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NASA Space Program

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






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






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






4. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






12. What is the LEM?

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13. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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

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

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






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






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






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






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






24. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






27. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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

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31. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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

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






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






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






41. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






49. What were the first words from the moon?

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50. When did the first American orbit the earth?