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NASA Space Program

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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






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


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






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






9. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






11. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






16. What were the first words from the moon?


17. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






21. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






36. When did the first American orbit the earth?






37. What is the LEM?


38. What does NASA stand for?






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






43. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






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






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