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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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


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






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


10. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






14. What were the first words from the moon?


15. When did the first American orbit the earth?






16. Who was president when NASA was created?






17. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






19. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






25. What were the first words from the moon?


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






27. Why was NASA created?






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






29. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






30. What is the LEM?


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






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






33. Why was NASA created?






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


35. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






37. What is the LEM?


38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






42. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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






46. What does NASA stand for?






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


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


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






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