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NASA Space Program

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






2. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






8. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






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


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






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






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






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






17. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






18. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






22. When was the first space shuttle launched?






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






24. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






32. When was the first space shuttle launched?






33. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






45. What does NASA stand for?






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






47. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






48. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






50. Who was president when NASA was created?