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NASA Space Program

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






2. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






5. Name the 7 original astronauts






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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


12. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






16. hen was NASA created?






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






22. Who was the first human to fly in space?






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






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


25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






28. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






32. What does NASA stand for?






33. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






36. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






42. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






45. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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