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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






11. What does NASA stand for?






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






13. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






17. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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


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






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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


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






30. hen was NASA created?






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






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






33. When did the first American orbit the earth?






34. What were the first words from the moon?


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






36. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






41. Why was NASA created?






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






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






44. What is the LEM?


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






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






47. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






48. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






50. Name the 7 original astronauts