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






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






4. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






6. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






9. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






15. What is the LEM?


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






17. Who was president when NASA was created?






18. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






48. hen was NASA created?






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






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