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NASA Space Program

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






2. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


9. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






14. What is the LEM?


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


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


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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






30. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






35. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






44. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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