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NASA Space Program

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


2. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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


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






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






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






9. When did the first American orbit the earth?






10. Why was NASA created?






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






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






13. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






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






18. What does NASA stand for?






19. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






22. What does NASA stand for?






23. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






33. Who was president when NASA was created?






34. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






39. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






41. What were the first words from the moon?


42. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






47. Why was NASA created?






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






49. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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