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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






2. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






4. Name the 7 original astronauts






5. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






18. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






21. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






27. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






30. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






32. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


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






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


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






39. Name the 7 original astronauts






40. What is the LEM?


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


42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






49. Why was NASA created?






50. What date was the first articial satellite launched?