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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






7. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






17. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






21. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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


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






25. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






31. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






33. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






38. What were the first words from the moon?


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


40. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


42. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


47. What does NASA stand for?






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






49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?