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This government agency is in charge of U.S. space flights NASA
At 76, John GLENN went back into space on the shuttle Discovery
The goal of this program was to land a person on the moon APOLLO
GEMINI was an extension of Project Mercury
This space telescope was launched by Discovery in April 1990 HUBBLE
The Lunar MODULE was what took the astronauts down to the moon
The manned Apollo missions were aboard a SATURN V rocket
America's first Earth-orbiting space station SKYLAB
The number of astronauts who walked on the moon TWELVE
Yuri GAGARIN was the first man in space
Mission Control is located at the Johnson Space Center in HOUSTON
President KENNEDY was determined to catch up with the Soviets
This program had ships named: Friendship, Liberty Bell & Faith MERCURY
Many of the Apollo missions ORBITED the earth and moon
Alan SHEPARD was the first American in space on Mercury 3
The Soviet SPUTNIK missions sent dogs into space, not people
The first space shuttle COLUMBIA was launched April 12, 1981
This Apollo mission was a "successful failure" THIRTEEN
Neil ARMSTRONG was the first man to walk on the moon
The Kennedy Space Center is located in Cape CANAVERAL, Florida
A Russian or Soviet astronaut is called a COSMONAUT
The first American woman in space: SALLY RIDE
There were a total of SEVENTEEN Apollo missions
A SPACEWALK is considered EVA, or extra-vehicular activity
The shuttle CHALLENGER exploded 74 seconds after take-off Jan. 28, 1986
Space shuttles can be used to launch SATELLITES
Apollo 11 landed on the Sea of TRANQUILITY
The INTERNATIONAL Space Station began assembly in 1998
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