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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






2. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






11. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






14. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






19. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






22. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






25. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


30. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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


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






35. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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


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


42. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






44. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






46. What were the first words from the moon?


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






48. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






49. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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