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NASA Space Program

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1. Name the 7 original astronauts






2. Who was president when NASA was created?






3. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






6. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






10. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






11. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






18. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






21. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






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






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






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






32. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






34. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






35. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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


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






39. What is the LEM?


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






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






44. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






47. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






48. hen was NASA created?






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






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