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NASA Space Program

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1. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






3. What does NASA stand for?






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






8. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






10. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






25. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. hen was NASA created?






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


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






38. Who was president when NASA was created?






39. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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


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






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






44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






46. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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