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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






8. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






9. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


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






13. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


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


19. Name the 7 original astronauts






20. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






21. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






25. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






28. Why was NASA created?






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






30. What were the first words from the moon?


31. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






36. What does NASA stand for?






37. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






41. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






50. hen was NASA created?