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NASA Space Program

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1. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






7. Who was president when NASA was created?






8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






11. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






13. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






14. What were the first words from the moon?


15. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






16. hen was NASA created?






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






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






25. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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






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


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






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






40. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






42. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






50. What were the first words from the moon?