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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. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






7. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






10. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






19. What is the LEM?


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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






23. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






38. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


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


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






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






44. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






46. What were the first words from the moon?


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






48. Name the 7 original astronauts






49. hen was NASA created?






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