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NASA Space Program

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






2. What is the LEM?


3. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






4. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






6. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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






10. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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






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






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






17. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






20. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






21. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






23. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






26. When did the first American orbit the earth?






27. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






29. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






32. hen was NASA created?






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






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






35. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






40. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






42. When did the first American orbit the earth?






43. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






45. Why was NASA created?






46. What were the first words from the moon?


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


48. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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


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