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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. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






7. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


12. What does NASA stand for?






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






14. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






24. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






29. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






31. Why was NASA created?






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






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






34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






36. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






40. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






42. What were the first words from the moon?


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






44. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






45. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






49. hen was NASA created?






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?