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NASA Space Program

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






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


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






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






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






6. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






12. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






21. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






24. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






29. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






33. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






35. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






43. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






44. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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