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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What is the LEM?


4. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






8. What is the LEM?


9. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






11. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






12. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






18. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






22. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






25. Name the 7 original astronauts






26. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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


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


32. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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


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


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


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






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






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






46. When was the Explorer I launched?






47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






48. Who was president when NASA was created?






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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