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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. What is the LEM?


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






7. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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


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


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






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






16. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






19. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






21. What does NASA stand for?






22. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What is the LEM?


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






39. hen was NASA created?






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






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






42. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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