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NASA Space Program

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






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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


11. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






12. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






14. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






17. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






18. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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


20. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






21. What were the first words from the moon?


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






23. Why was NASA created?






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






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


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






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






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






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






30. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






31. hen was NASA created?






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






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






34. What is the LEM?


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






36. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






42. Why was NASA created?






43. What were the first words from the moon?


44. What is the LEM?


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


46. When was the first space shuttle launched?






47. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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