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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






12. hen was NASA created?






13. What is the LEM?


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






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






16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






20. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






24. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






30. When was the Explorer I launched?






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






33. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






40. When was the first space shuttle launched?






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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