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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






2. What is the LEM?


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






4. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






7. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






9. Why was NASA created?






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






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






12. hen was NASA created?






13. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






16. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






18. What were the first words from the moon?


19. Why was NASA created?






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






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






22. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






25. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






28. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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


33. Name the 7 original astronauts






34. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






35. When did the first American orbit the earth?






36. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. When was the Explorer I launched?






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