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NASA Space Program

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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






2. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






5. Why was NASA created?






6. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


11. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






18. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






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






23. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






29. What does NASA stand for?






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






31. hen was NASA created?






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






36. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






39. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






45. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






48. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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