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NASA Space Program

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1. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






3. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






8. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






10. What is the LEM?


11. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






16. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






18. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






23. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






26. What were the first words from the moon?


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






28. Why was NASA created?






29. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






35. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






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






40. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?