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NASA Space Program

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1. hen was NASA created?






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






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






4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






12. What is the LEM?


13. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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


18. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






23. What is the LEM?


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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






38. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






43. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






49. hen was NASA created?






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