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NASA Space Program

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1. Name the 7 original astronauts






2. Why was NASA created?






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






4. Name the 7 original astronauts






5. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






7. Why was NASA created?






8. hen was NASA created?






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






10. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






15. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






22. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






25. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






31. What is the LEM?


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






33. What were the first words from the moon?


34. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






39. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


42. When was the Explorer I launched?






43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






44. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






45. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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