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NASA Space Program

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1. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






3. hen was NASA created?






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






5. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






10. What was the name of the first man-in-space project for 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 country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






20. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






33. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






45. What is the LEM?


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






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






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. What were the first words from the moon?


50. What does NASA stand for?