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NASA Space Program

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






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






4. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






12. Name the 7 original astronauts






13. hen was NASA created?






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






15. Who was president when NASA was created?






16. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






18. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






20. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






24. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






25. What were the first words from the moon?


26. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






28. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






29. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






33. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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


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






39. Why was NASA created?






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






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


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






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






44. What does NASA stand for?






45. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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