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NASA Space Program

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






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


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






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






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






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






7. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






10. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






15. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






20. Why was NASA created?






21. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






23. What is the LEM?


24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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


37. hen was NASA created?






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






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






40. What does NASA stand for?






41. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






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






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






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






49. When was the Explorer I launched?






50. What does NASA stand for?