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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


6. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






20. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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


24. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






32. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






34. What does NASA stand for?






35. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






39. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






40. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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


45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






47. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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