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NASA Space Program

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






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


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






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






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






6. What is the date the first human flew in space?






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






8. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






11. What is the LEM?


12. How many applicants for the first group of astronauts?






13. hen was NASA created?






14. hen was NASA created?






15. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






18. What is the LEM?


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






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






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






26. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






27. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






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






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






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






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


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






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






34. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






36. What date did the Apollo mission land on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






49. Why was NASA created?






50. Why was NASA created?