The History of the US Space Agency

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  1. 3. NASA’s Apollo program sent this many astronauts to the Moon
  2. 5. The name of the first space station launched by NASA
  3. 6. Viking 1 landed on this planet
  4. 7. This Space Telescope is the most powerful ever put into space
  5. 11. The astronauts of Apollo 13 had to work closely with this to safely return home
  6. 12. This program was NASA’s response to Kennedy’s challenge
  7. 14. The name of the three-phase program with a goal of sending humans back to the Moon
  8. 18. The name of the rover that is still on Mars
  9. 20. The name of the famous photograph that shows the Earth rising up beyond the surface of the Moon
  10. 21. This shuttle was destroyed in 2003
  11. 22. NASA was founded in 1958 during this season
  12. 23. This Apollo mission sent humans to the Moon and back for the first time
  13. 24. The name of the first person to walk on the Moon
  14. 25. This former country included Russia
  15. 27. Mae Jemison said she was inspired to become an astronaut by an actress on this show
  16. 28. This president’s famous speech challenged NASA to put an astronaut on the Moon
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  1. 1. The term for robotic vehicles
  2. 2. The first American sent into space
  3. 4. The name of the person who walked on the Moon 20 minutes after the first person did
  4. 8. The first Black American to explore space flew on this in August 1983
  5. 9. This astronaut returned to space at age 77
  6. 10. The name of the robotic vehicle that landed on Mars in 1997
  7. 13. This satellite was launched by the USSR in 1957
  8. 15. The first Black American woman traveled to space aboard this space shuttle
  9. 16. This retired US astronaut spent more days in space than any other American
  10. 17. The term for the first reusable vehicle for space flight introduced in 1981
  11. 19. This president created NASA on July 29, 1958
  12. 26. This astronaut broke the barrier for women when she traveled into space in 1983