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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






7. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






8. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






11. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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


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






30. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






31. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


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






43. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






44. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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