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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






7. What does NASA stand for?






8. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


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






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






13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






15. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






20. What is the LEM?


21. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






24. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


32. What were the first words from the moon?


33. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






36. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






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






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






42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






46. What does NASA stand for?






47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






49. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






50. hen was NASA created?