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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






5. Why was NASA created?






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






7. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






21. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






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






27. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






28. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






32. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






44. Who was president when NASA was created?






45. What is the LEM?


46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






47. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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