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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






6. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






11. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






12. When did the first American orbit the earth?






13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






15. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


24. What were the first words from the moon?


25. Who was president when NASA was created?






26. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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






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






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






32. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






34. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






37. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






38. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






43. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






45. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






47. What is the LEM?


48. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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