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NASA Space Program

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






2. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






12. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






20. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






28. hen was NASA created?






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






30. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






35. What were the first words from the moon?


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






37. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






39. hen was NASA created?






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






44. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?