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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 LEM?


2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






8. Name the 7 original astronauts






9. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






12. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






14. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






18. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






19. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






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


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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






28. Why was NASA created?






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






32. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






33. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






37. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






39. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






42. What is the LEM?


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






44. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






47. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






49. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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