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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






4. Why was NASA created?






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






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






7. hen was NASA created?






8. What is the LEM?


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






10. When was the first space shuttle launched?






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






15. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






19. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






22. Who was president when NASA was created?






23. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






26. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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


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






33. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






40. Why was NASA created?






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






42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






46. What were the objectives of the first man-in-space project for the U.S.?


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






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






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






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