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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






4. What does NASA stand for?






5. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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


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






11. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






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


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






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






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


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






20. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






24. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






32. When was the Explorer I launched?






33. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






39. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






40. What is the LEM?


41. What were the first words from the moon?


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






43. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






46. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






47. When did the first American orbit the earth?






48. When did the first American orbit the earth?






49. Why was NASA created?






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