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NASA Space Program

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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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


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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. When did the first manned space module launched in the history of 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 was the name of the first manned space module launched in the history of the U.S.?






16. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






21. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






24. What were the first words from the moon?


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


26. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






28. What is the LEM?


29. Why was NASA created?






30. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


32. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






33. When did the first American orbit the earth?






34. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






36. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






41. What does NASA stand for?






42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






46. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






47. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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