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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 LEM?


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






3. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






7. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






10. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






11. When was the first space shuttle launched?






12. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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


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






22. What does NASA stand for?






23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






27. What were the first words from the moon?


28. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


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






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






37. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






45. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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