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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the first space shuttle launched?






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






8. What does NASA stand for?






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






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






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






15. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






16. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






18. hen was NASA created?






19. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






24. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






29. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






30. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






32. What were the first words from the moon?


33. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






35. What is the LEM?


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






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






39. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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