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NASA Space Program

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


2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






4. Why was NASA created?






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






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


7. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






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






15. hen was NASA created?






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






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






18. What does NASA stand for?






19. When was the Explorer I launched?






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






24. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






26. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






29. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






33. hen was NASA created?






34. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






35. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






46. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






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