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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


9. hen was NASA created?






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






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






12. Name the 7 original astronauts






13. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






14. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






16. What does NASA stand for?






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






19. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






28. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






29. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






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






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






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






36. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






43. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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


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