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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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


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






12. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






13. hen was NASA created?






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






15. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






18. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






20. When was the first space shuttle launched?






21. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






24. Why was NASA created?






25. What were the objectives of 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 Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






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






29. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






30. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






39. What were the first words from the moon?


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






41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






43. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






46. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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