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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






3. What were the first words from the moon?


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






5. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






15. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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


19. What were the first words from the moon?


20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






23. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






25. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






40. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






44. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






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






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






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






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