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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What does NASA stand for?






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






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






14. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


18. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






21. When was the first space shuttle launched?






22. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






25. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






29. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


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






34. When was the Explorer I launched?






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






38. What is the LEM?


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






40. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






45. Why was NASA created?






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






47. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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