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NASA Space Program

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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






3. What is the LEM?


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






5. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






11. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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


17. Why was NASA created?






18. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






22. Why was NASA created?






23. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






26. hen was NASA created?






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






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


29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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






34. hen was NASA created?






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






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






37. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






39. When was the Explorer I launched?






40. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


48. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






50. What were the first words from the moon?