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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 date did the first American walk in space?






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






4. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






16. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






23. When was the Explorer I launched?






24. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






25. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






29. What does NASA stand for?






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






36. What were the first words from the moon?


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






38. Why was NASA created?






39. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






40. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






43. What were the first words from the moon?


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






45. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






49. Who was president when NASA was created?






50. When was the first space shuttle launched?