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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






2. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


11. When was the Explorer I launched?






12. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






17. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






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 country was the first human to fly in space from?






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






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






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






24. When was the Explorer I launched?






25. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






28. What is the date the first human flew in space?






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


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






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






32. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






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






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






35. Was the first American to orbit the earth's trip shortened or lengthened? Why?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What is the LEM?


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






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






45. What does NASA stand for?






46. What is the date the first human flew in space?






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






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






49. What were the first words from the moon?


50. hen was NASA created?