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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






27. When was the first space shuttle launched?






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






33. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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


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






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


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






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






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






49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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