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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 is the LEM?


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






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






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






12. Name the 7 original astronauts






13. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






16. When was the Explorer I launched?






17. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






19. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






26. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






45. hen was NASA created?






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


47. Who was president when NASA was created?






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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