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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






3. What is the LEM?


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






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






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






9. What does NASA stand for?






10. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






12. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






13. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






16. What were the first words from the moon?


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






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






22. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






26. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






33. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






34. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






36. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






39. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is the LEM?


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


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






50. When did the first American orbit the earth?