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NASA Space Program

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1. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






5. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






9. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






13. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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


31. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






35. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






36. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






38. When was the Explorer I launched?






39. Why was NASA created?






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






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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


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






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






49. What were the first words from the moon?


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