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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the date the first human flew in space?






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


3. hen was NASA created?






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






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






10. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






22. Why was NASA created?






23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






25. Why was NASA created?






26. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






28. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What were the first words from the moon?


47. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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