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NASA Space Program

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






2. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






4. Why was NASA created?






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






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






7. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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


13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






19. hen was NASA created?






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






21. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






23. Who was president when NASA was created?






24. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






27. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






30. What were the first words from the moon?


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






32. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






33. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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


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


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






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






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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