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NASA Space Program

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1. What is the LEM?


2. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






12. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






17. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






21. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






23. What does NASA stand for?






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






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


26. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






28. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






31. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






34. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






37. What is the LEM?


38. When was the Explorer I launched?






39. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






42. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






45. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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