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NASA Space Program

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What were President John F. Kennedy's words on May 25 - 1961?






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






3. What is the LEM?


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






5. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






10. Name the 7 original astronauts






11. What were the first words from the moon?


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






13. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






15. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






16. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






18. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






20. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






25. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


34. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






35. Why was NASA created?






36. What does NASA stand for?






37. Why was NASA created?






38. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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