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NASA Space Program

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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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






9. hen was NASA created?






10. When was the Explorer I launched?






11. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






13. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






17. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






20. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






23. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






26. What is the LEM?


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






28. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






32. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






34. hen was NASA created?






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






36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






39. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






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






43. Why was NASA created?






44. What is the LEM?


45. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






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