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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






9. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






12. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






17. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






21. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






25. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






28. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






33. When was the Explorer I launched?






34. Why was NASA created?






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






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






37. What is the LEM?


38. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






50. When was the first space shuttle launched?