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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. Name the 7 original astronauts






6. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






13. What is the LEM?


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






15. What does NASA stand for?






16. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






20. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






24. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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






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






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






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






35. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






38. What were the first words from the moon?


39. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






43. Why was NASA created?






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






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


46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






47. What does NASA stand for?






48. What Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






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






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