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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the size of the first articial satellite that was launched?






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






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






10. What were the first words from the moon?


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






12. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






17. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


20. hen was NASA created?






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






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






23. What does NASA stand for?






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






25. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






30. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






46. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






50. What country launched the first artificial satellite?