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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






8. What were the first words from the moon?


9. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






14. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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






17. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






19. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






22. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






23. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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


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






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






34. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






36. What is the LEM?


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






38. What does NASA stand for?






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






40. hen was NASA created?






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






42. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






46. When did the first American orbit the earth?






47. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


49. When was the Explorer I launched?






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