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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






9. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






11. What is the LEM?


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






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






14. hen was NASA created?






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






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






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






20. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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


25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






27. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


37. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


40. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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