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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






3. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






7. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






12. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






16. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






21. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


23. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






24. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






27. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






30. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






31. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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


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






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






38. hen was NASA created?






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






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






41. What is the LEM?


42. What is the LEM?


43. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






46. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






48. Who was president when NASA was created?






49. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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