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NASA Space Program

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






2. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. hen was NASA created?






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


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






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Why was NASA created?






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


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


29. What does NASA stand for?






30. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


33. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






34. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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


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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






42. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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