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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






6. Who was president when NASA was created?






7. What is the LEM?


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






9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






10. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






13. Who was president when NASA was created?






14. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






15. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






19. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






20. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






22. When was the Explorer I launched?






23. Why was NASA created?






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






25. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






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






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


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






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






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


33. What was the name 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 was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






39. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






42. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






46. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






50. hen was NASA created?