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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. Who was president when NASA was created?






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






8. hen was NASA created?






9. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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


12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


25. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






30. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What were the first words from the moon?


38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






44. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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


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






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






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