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NASA Space Program

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


9. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






12. When was the first space shuttle launched?






13. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






15. What were the first words from the moon?


16. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






20. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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


26. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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






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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






34. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






35. hen was NASA created?






36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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


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






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






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






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


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






46. What were the first words from the moon?


47. When was the Explorer I launched?






48. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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