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NASA Space Program

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1. When did the first American orbit the earth?






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






5. Who was president when NASA was created?






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






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


19. hen was NASA created?






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


21. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






24. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






25. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






27. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






29. Why was NASA created?






30. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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


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






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






36. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






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






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






42. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






45. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






48. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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