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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






5. When did the first American orbit the earth?






6. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


14. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






18. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






21. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Name the 7 original astronauts






29. hen was NASA created?






30. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






39. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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






44. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






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






49. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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