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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


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






3. When did the first American orbit the earth?






4. What does NASA stand for?






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






10. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Why was NASA created?






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






26. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






27. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






33. hen was NASA created?






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






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






36. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






38. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






41. What is the LEM?


42. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






43. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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