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NASA Space Program

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






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






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


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






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






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






7. When was the Explorer I launched?






8. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






9. What does NASA stand for?






10. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






12. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






23. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






24. When did the first American orbit the earth?






25. What country was the first human to fly in space from?






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






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


28. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






36. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






40. What does NASA stand for?






41. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






42. Who was president when NASA was created?






43. What were the first words from the moon?


44. Who was president when NASA was created?






45. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






49. Why was NASA created?






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