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NASA Space Program

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1. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






10. Who was president when NASA was created?






11. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






15. When did the first American orbit the earth?






16. hen was NASA created?






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






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






19. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






23. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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


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






27. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






28. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






31. When did the first American orbit the earth?






32. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






37. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






43. Who was president when NASA was created?






44. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






48. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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