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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. What is the LEM?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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26. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






30. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






31. hen was NASA created?






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






36. hen was NASA created?






37. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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

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39. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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

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

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






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






45. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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

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






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






49. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






50. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?