Early Space Missions

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  1. 4. Major political event that spawned the Space Race
  2. 5. Spacecraft that landed astonauts on the Moon
  3. 10. First american to travel into space.
  4. 11. Designed to test the capabilities required for lunar missions, including spacewalks and orbital maneuvers.
  5. 12. program whose specific purpose was to put an individual on the moon.
  6. 13. Physics pioneer known for his laws.
  7. 14. The second astronaut on the moon as part of the Apollo missions.
  8. 16. This mission was destroyed by a catastrophic fire during a test launch.
  9. 17. First America Spacewalk
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  1. 1. First mission to carry astronauts around the Moon
  2. 2. Satellite that set off alarm bells and prompted aggressive U.S. space innovation.
  3. 3. First crewed space docking.
  4. 6. Which astronaut famously said, 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' upon landing on the Moon?
  5. 7. The goal of this program was to see if humans could survive and function the space environment.
  6. 8. First American to orbit the earth.
  7. 9. What mission successfully landed on the Moon?
  8. 10. The Mercury program successfully completed this many crewed missions.
  9. 15. Launch vehicle for Apollo missions.