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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 number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?






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






3. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






8. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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


12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






17. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






19. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






21. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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


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






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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






30. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






34. Why was NASA created?






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






36. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






43. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






47. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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