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NASA Space Program

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


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






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






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






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


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






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






8. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






15. Why was NASA created?






16. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






29. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






36. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






38. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






39. What is the LEM?


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






41. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






43. hen was NASA created?






44. What does NASA stand for?






45. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






46. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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