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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






12. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






14. What does NASA stand for?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






23. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


25. hen was NASA created?






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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






31. Why was NASA created?






32. hen was NASA created?






33. What is the LEM?


34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






36. What were the first words from the moon?


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






38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What were the first words from the moon?


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