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NASA Space Program

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






2. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






4. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






14. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






19. When was the Explorer I launched?






20. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






23. What does NASA stand for?






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






25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






27. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






33. What is the LEM?


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






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What does NASA stand for?






43. What were the first words from the moon?


44. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






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






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