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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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


6. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






16. When was the Explorer I launched?






17. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






18. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


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






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






23. Who was president when NASA was created?






24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






27. hen was NASA created?






28. Name the 7 original astronauts






29. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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


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






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






34. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






36. Why was NASA created?






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


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






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






40. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






45. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






50. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?