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NASA Space Program

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


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






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






4. What is the LEM?


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






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


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


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






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






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






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






12. hen was NASA created?






13. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






17. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






18. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






23. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






27. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






29. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






37. What is the LEM?


38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






39. When did the first American orbit the earth?






40. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






43. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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