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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






4. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






17. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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


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






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






30. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






34. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


37. What were the first words from the moon?


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






39. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






43. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






46. What is the LEM?


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






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






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


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