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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the first space shuttle launched?






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






17. What does NASA stand for?






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






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






20. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






21. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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


25. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






33. hen was NASA created?






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






35. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


43. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






44. When was the first space shuttle launched?






45. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






50. What country launched the first artificial satellite?