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NASA Space Program

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






2. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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


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






8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






12. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






15. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






20. When did the first American orbit the earth?






21. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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


23. When was the first space shuttle launched?






24. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






32. Name the 7 original astronauts






33. Why was NASA created?






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






35. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






36. What does NASA stand for?






37. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


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






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


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






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






45. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






50. What were the first words from the moon?