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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






6. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






15. What does NASA stand for?






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






17. What were the first words from the moon?


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


19. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


21. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. When was the Explorer I launched?






38. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






39. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






41. What were the first words from the moon?


42. Why was NASA created?






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






46. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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