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NASA Space Program

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






2. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






10. hen was NASA created?






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






12. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






14. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






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


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






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






27. Why was NASA created?






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






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






30. What is the LEM?


31. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






41. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






45. When did the first American orbit the earth?






46. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






47. hen was NASA created?






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






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






50. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?