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NASA Space Program

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






2. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






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






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






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






15. What does NASA stand for?






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






17. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






22. What were the first words from the moon?


23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


25. What is the LEM?


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


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






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






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






30. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






31. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






32. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


45. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






49. hen was NASA created?






50. What were the first words from the moon?