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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






8. Why was NASA created?






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






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






11. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


13. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What were the first words from the moon?


20. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






21. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






28. What is the LEM?


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






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






31. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






41. hen was NASA created?






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


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


44. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






49. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?