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NASA Space Program

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1. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. hen was NASA created?






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






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






9. What were the first words from the moon?


10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






12. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






14. When was the Explorer I launched?






15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






24. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Who was president when NASA was created?






41. What does NASA stand for?






42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






44. What were the first words from the moon?


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






46. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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