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NASA Space Program

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






2. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






4. What is the LEM?


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


6. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






7. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






11. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






12. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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


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






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






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






18. What is the LEM?


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






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






21. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






23. Why was NASA created?






24. What does NASA stand for?






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






26. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






35. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






36. Why was NASA created?






37. What were the first words from the moon?


38. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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






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






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


45. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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






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