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NASA Space Program

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1. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






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


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






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






25. What does NASA stand for?






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






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






31. What does NASA stand for?






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


34. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






44. What were the first words from the moon?


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


46. What is the LEM?


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






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






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






50. hen was NASA created?