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NASA Space Program

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






2. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






5. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






7. What is the LEM?


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






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






10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






11. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






15. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






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






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






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






26. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






35. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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


38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






46. Why was NASA created?






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






48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






49. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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