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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 is the date the first human flew in space?






3. How long was the flight of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






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






6. Who was president when NASA was created?






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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


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






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






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






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






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






16. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






24. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. hen was NASA created?






32. hen was NASA created?






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






34. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


37. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






39. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






44. Why was NASA created?






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






46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






49. When did the first American orbit the earth?






50. What country launched the first artificial satellite?