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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






2. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






8. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






9. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






14. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






19. Why was NASA created?






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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






23. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






26. When did the first American orbit the earth?






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


30. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






33. When was the Explorer I launched?






34. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






38. Who was president when NASA was created?






39. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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