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NASA Space Program

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1. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






5. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






6. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






9. What were the first words from the moon?


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






11. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






14. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






17. What is the LEM?


18. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






21. Name the 7 original astronauts






22. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






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






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






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






28. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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






32. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






37. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






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






42. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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


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






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






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






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


49. Name the 7 original astronauts






50. What date was the first articial satellite launched?