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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 date was the first articial satellite launched?






3. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






5. What does NASA stand for?






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


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






8. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






10. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






22. hen was NASA created?






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






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






25. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






27. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






31. hen was NASA created?






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






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






34. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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