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NASA Space Program

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1. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






2. What were the first words from the moon?


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






4. What is the LEM?


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






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






7. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






9. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






13. What does NASA stand for?






14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






18. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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


24. Who was president when NASA was created?






25. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






30. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






34. What is the LEM?


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






36. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


45. Why was NASA created?






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






47. When was the first space shuttle launched?






48. What does NASA stand for?






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






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