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NASA Space Program

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






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






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


4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






6. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






11. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






14. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






16. What does NASA stand for?






17. hen was NASA created?






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






19. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


21. What were the first words from the moon?


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






23. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






26. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






41. What is the LEM?


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






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


46. What were the first words from the moon?


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






48. hen was NASA created?






49. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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