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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 Apollo mission was the first to orbit the moon?






3. hen was NASA created?






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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. Why was NASA created?






7. What date did the first American walk in space?






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






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






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






11. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


14. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






15. What is the LEM?


16. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






19. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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


25. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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


30. When was the Explorer I launched?






31. Who were the astronauts 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 country launched the first artificial satellite?






34. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






39. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






42. What date did the first American walk in space?






43. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. hen was NASA created?