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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 LEM?


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


3. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


8. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






11. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






32. hen was NASA created?






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






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






35. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






39. What is the LEM?


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






41. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


43. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






46. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






50. What country launched the first artificial satellite?