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NASA Space Program

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






2. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






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






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






9. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






10. What is the LEM?


11. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






17. Name the 7 original astronauts






18. Why was NASA created?






19. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






27. When was the first space shuttle launched?






28. What were the first words from the moon?


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






30. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






33. Why was NASA created?






34. What is the LEM?


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






36. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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


41. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






45. hen was NASA created?






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


47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






48. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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