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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






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






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






9. hen was NASA created?






10. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






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


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






20. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






22. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the LEM?


30. Name the 7 original astronauts






31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






37. Who was president when NASA was created?






38. Why was NASA created?






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






40. What were the first words from the moon?


41. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






42. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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


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