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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






5. What were the first words from the moon?


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






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






9. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






11. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


26. What is the LEM?


27. What is the LEM?


28. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






31. hen was NASA created?






32. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






33. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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


38. When was the Explorer I launched?






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






41. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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