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NASA Space Program

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


2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






8. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






10. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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


17. What were the first words from the moon?


18. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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


30. Who was president when NASA was created?






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






32. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






34. When was the Explorer I launched?






35. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






40. What is the LEM?


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






42. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






44. Why was NASA created?






45. hen was NASA created?






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






47. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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