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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






6. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






8. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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


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






13. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


17. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. hen was NASA created?






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






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






29. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






31. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






35. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


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






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






40. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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


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






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






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






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






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






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


48. Why was NASA created?






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






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