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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






12. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






16. Why was NASA created?






17. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






28. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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


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






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






36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






42. When was the Explorer I launched?






43. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






47. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






50. When did the first American orbit the earth?