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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


5. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






16. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






20. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






21. Why was NASA created?






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






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






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






25. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


27. Who was president when NASA was created?






28. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






30. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






33. When was the first space shuttle launched?






34. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






36. When was the Explorer I launched?






37. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






40. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


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






44. When was the first space shuttle launched?






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?