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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. Name the 7 original astronauts






4. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






6. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






14. What is the LEM?


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






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






21. What does NASA stand for?






22. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






27. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






41. What is the LEM?


42. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






47. When was the Explorer I launched?






48. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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