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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What is the LEM?


5. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






14. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






25. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






29. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






31. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






37. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






43. Name the 7 original astronauts






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






45. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


49. Why was NASA created?






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