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NASA Space Program

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


2. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


6. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






10. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






12. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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


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






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






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






19. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






24. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






29. What is the LEM?


30. When was the first space shuttle launched?






31. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






32. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






36. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






42. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






43. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






48. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?