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NASA Space Program

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






2. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






7. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


11. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






16. What does NASA stand for?






17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


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






26. Why was NASA created?






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






28. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






34. Who was president when NASA was created?






35. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






40. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






45. Who was president when NASA was created?






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






49. hen was NASA created?






50. What is the LEM?