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NASA Space Program

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1. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






9. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






12. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






13. When was the Explorer I launched?






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






28. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






37. What is the LEM?


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






39. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






43. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






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


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






50. hen was NASA created?