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NASA Space Program

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






2. What is the LEM?


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






4. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






6. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






15. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






17. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






21. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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






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






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


31. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






35. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






38. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Name the 7 original astronauts






46. hen was NASA created?






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






50. What were the first words from the moon?