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NASA Space Program

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


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






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






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






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






6. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






9. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






17. What does NASA stand for?






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






19. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






23. What is the LEM?


24. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






27. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






28. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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






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






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


35. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






42. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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


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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






49. When was the Explorer I launched?






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