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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






7. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






8. What does NASA stand for?






9. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






11. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






15. hen was NASA created?






16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






17. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






19. What were the first words from the moon?


20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






23. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






25. What were the first words from the moon?


26. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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






31. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






46. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






48. What is the LEM?


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






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