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NASA Space Program

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


2. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






3. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






10. What is the LEM?


11. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


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






15. What were the first words from the moon?


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






17. What is the LEM?


18. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






24. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






27. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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


34. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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


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






41. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






43. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






49. hen was NASA created?






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