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NASA Space Program

Subjects : trivia, science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does NASA stand for?






2. Why was NASA created?






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






4. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






13. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






15. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






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






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






28. When was the first space shuttle launched?






29. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






34. hen was NASA created?






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






36. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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