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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






6. Why was NASA created?






7. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. hen was NASA created?






15. Who was president when NASA was created?






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






24. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


32. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






33. Why was NASA created?






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






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






36. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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


41. When was the first space shuttle launched?






42. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






45. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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


48. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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