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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. Why was NASA created?






5. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






16. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






24. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






28. Who was president when NASA was created?






29. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






34. What were the first words from the moon?


35. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






38. Name the 7 original astronauts






39. When was the first space shuttle launched?






40. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






42. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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