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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






5. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






8. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






10. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






12. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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






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


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






18. Who was president when NASA was created?






19. What does NASA stand for?






20. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






23. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






25. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






35. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






36. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






40. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






43. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






44. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






49. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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