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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


2. Who was president when NASA was created?






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






7. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






11. Why was NASA created?






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






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






14. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






19. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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






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






25. Why was NASA created?






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






27. hen was NASA created?






28. What were the first words from the moon?


29. What is the LEM?


30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






41. Name the 7 original astronauts






42. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






48. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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