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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What is the LEM?


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






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






6. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






9. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






13. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






16. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






17. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What were the first words from the moon?


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


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






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






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






35. hen was NASA created?






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






37. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






39. Who was president when NASA was created?






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


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






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






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






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






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






46. Name the 7 original astronauts






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






48. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






49. What were the first words from the moon?


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