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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 from the moon?


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






3. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






7. What does NASA stand for?






8. Why was NASA created?






9. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






11. hen was NASA created?






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






21. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






38. What is the LEM?


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


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






41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






44. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






46. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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


49. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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