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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






4. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






8. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






12. What is the LEM?


13. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What were the first words from the moon?


20. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






24. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






30. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






35. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


38. hen was NASA created?






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


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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






44. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?