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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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


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






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






10. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






18. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






34. What is the LEM?


35. Why was NASA created?






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


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






38. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






43. Why was NASA created?






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






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


46. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






49. What does NASA stand for?






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