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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






5. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






16. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






17. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






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






22. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






30. hen was NASA created?






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






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


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






34. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






40. What is the LEM?


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






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






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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


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


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






49. Who was president when NASA was created?






50. Name the 7 original astronauts