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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 from the moon?


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


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






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






5. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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


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






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






11. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






12. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






18. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






25. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






50. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?