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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






5. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






8. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






9. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






14. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


22. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






24. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






30. hen was NASA created?






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






32. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






35. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






38. What does NASA stand for?






39. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






44. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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


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