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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does NASA stand for?






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






3. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






7. What is the LEM?


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


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






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






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






12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






14. When was the Explorer I launched?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






23. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






25. hen was NASA created?






26. Who was president when NASA was created?






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






28. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






30. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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