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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






11. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






17. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






23. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






25. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






28. Who was president when NASA was created?






29. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






39. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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


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






43. What were the first words from the moon?


44. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


47. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






50. Name the 7 original astronauts