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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






21. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






27. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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


34. When was the first space shuttle launched?






35. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






42. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






44. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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


48. What does NASA stand for?






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


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