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NASA Space Program

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1. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What is the LEM?


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






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


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






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






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


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






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


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






18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






29. hen was NASA created?






30. When did the first American orbit the earth?






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






33. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






35. What is the LEM?


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






37. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






38. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






39. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






49. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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