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NASA Space Program

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






2. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






4. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






8. What is the LEM?


9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






10. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


19. Why was NASA created?






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






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






22. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






24. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






27. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






30. What is the LEM?


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






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






33. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






37. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






41. Who was president when NASA was created?






42. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






43. What does NASA stand for?






44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






47. What does NASA stand for?






48. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






50. When was the first space shuttle launched?