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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What were the first words from the moon?


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






6. What is the LEM?


7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






12. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






14. Why was NASA created?






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






16. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






17. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


28. hen was NASA created?






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






30. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






33. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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


41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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