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NASA Space Program

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1. Name the 7 original astronauts






2. What is the LEM?


3. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






18. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






19. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






20. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






24. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






26. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






29. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






31. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






34. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






36. hen was NASA created?






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


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






39. Why was NASA created?






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


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


42. What were the first words from the moon?


43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






49. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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