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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What were the first words from the moon?


10. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






15. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






20. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






22. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






25. Name the 7 original astronauts






26. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






27. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


32. What were the first words from the moon?


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






34. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






36. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






42. Why was NASA created?






43. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






44. hen was NASA created?






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






50. Name the astronauts of Apollo I