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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






12. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






13. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






22. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






24. What is the LEM?


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






26. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






29. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






33. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


38. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






41. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






42. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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


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






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






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






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