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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






5. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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






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






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






11. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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


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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






23. hen was NASA created?






24. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






30. What were the first words from the moon?


31. What were the first words from the moon?


32. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






35. What is the LEM?


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






37. Why was NASA created?






38. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






39. What was the importance of the launching of the Explorer I?






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






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






42. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


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






46. What was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






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






48. When did the first American orbit the earth?






49. Name the 7 original astronauts






50. Name the astronauts of Apollo I