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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


9. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






15. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






18. hen was NASA created?






19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






22. What is the LEM?


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






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






25. What were the first words from the moon?


26. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






29. Who was president when NASA was created?






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






33. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






35. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






38. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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


42. Why was NASA created?






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






44. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


47. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






50. What is the number of orbits the first American to orbit the earth complete?