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NASA Space Program

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






2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






3. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






7. What does NASA stand for?






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






9. hen was NASA created?






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






11. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






12. Name the 7 original astronauts






13. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






16. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






21. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






25. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






28. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


31. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






36. What is the LEM?


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


38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






43. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






46. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






48. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






49. Why was NASA created?






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