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NASA Space Program

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






2. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






7. What is the LEM?


8. When did the first American orbit the earth?






9. Name the 7 original astronauts






10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






21. What were the first words from the moon?


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






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






24. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






30. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






36. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


39. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






43. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






44. hen was NASA created?






45. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






50. When did the first American orbit the earth?