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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 is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Why was NASA created?






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






11. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


13. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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


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






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






26. What is the LEM?


27. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






28. When was the Explorer I launched?






29. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. When did the first American orbit the earth?






37. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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


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






44. What were the first words from the moon?


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. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?