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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. Who was the first American to walk in space?






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






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






5. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






10. What is the LEM?


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






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






13. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






14. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






28. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






40. Who was president when NASA was created?






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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


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






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


46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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