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NASA Space Program

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






2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






6. Why was NASA created?






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






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


9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






12. What were the first words from the moon?


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






14. What is the LEM?


15. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






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






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






31. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






47. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


50. Who was president when NASA was created?