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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. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






7. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






8. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






16. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


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


22. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






35. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






40. What does NASA stand for?






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






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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


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