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NASA Space Program

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






2. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






4. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






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






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






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


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






13. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






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






17. Why was NASA created?






18. When was the Explorer I launched?






19. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






22. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






33. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






38. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


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






43. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






47. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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