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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






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






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


6. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






9. When was the Explorer I launched?






10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






11. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






13. hen was NASA created?






14. Why was NASA created?






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


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






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


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






19. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






23. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


25. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Why was NASA created?






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






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






36. What were the first words from the moon?


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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






41. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






45. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






49. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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