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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






19. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






22. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






35. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






49. Who was president when NASA was created?






50. What is the LEM?