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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What does NASA stand for?






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






6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






9. hen was NASA created?






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






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






12. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






15. What were the first words from the moon?


16. What does NASA stand for?






17. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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


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






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






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


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


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






24. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


40. When was the first space shuttle launched?






41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






42. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






47. What is the LEM?


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


49. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?