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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why was NASA created?






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






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






4. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






13. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






16. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






25. When was the first space shuttle launched?






26. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






40. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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


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






47. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






48. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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