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NASA Space Program

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






2. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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


5. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






7. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






9. Who was the first American to walk in space?






10. What is the name of the first space shuttle launched?






11. As a group - how were the 7 original astronauts known?






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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


17. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






19. What does NASA stand for?






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






21. hen was NASA created?






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






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






24. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






28. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






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






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






35. What is the LEM?


36. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






39. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






48. What does NASA stand for?






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






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