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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. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






5. What does NASA stand for?






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






7. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






23. When was the first space shuttle launched?






24. What is the LEM?


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






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






27. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






32. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


34. What is the LEM?


35. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






38. hen was NASA created?






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






40. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






42. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






49. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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