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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. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






4. Why was NASA created?






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






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


7. What is the LEM?


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






9. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






13. hen was NASA created?






14. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






36. Why did the Apollo 13 command module not land on the moon?






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






38. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






42. hen was NASA created?






43. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






48. What does NASA stand for?






49. Why was NASA created?






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