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NASA Space Program

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






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






24. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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






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






29. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






32. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






35. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






37. What is the LEM?


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






39. What were the first words from the moon?


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






41. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






48. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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