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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






9. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






10. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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


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






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






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






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


18. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What were the first words from the moon?


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






37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






39. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






43. What is the LEM?


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






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






46. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






48. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






49. When was the Explorer I launched?






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