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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 launched the first artificial satellite?






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


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






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






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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






8. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






10. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






15. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






17. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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


21. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






27. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






29. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






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






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






35. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






44. What were the first words from the moon?


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






46. What is the LEM?


47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






50. hen was NASA created?