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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






18. Name the 7 original astronauts






19. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






23. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






26. hen was NASA created?






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






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






29. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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


35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






36. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






42. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






47. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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