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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What were the first words from the moon?


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






5. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






9. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






11. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






19. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






22. What does NASA stand for?






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






24. When was the Explorer I launched?






25. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


29. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






39. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


45. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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