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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






3. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






12. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






18. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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


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






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






27. When was the first space shuttle launched?






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






30. Who was president when NASA was created?






31. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






36. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






38. hen was NASA created?






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






43. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






45. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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