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NASA Space Program

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


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






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






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






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






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






7. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






12. When did the first American orbit the earth?






13. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






15. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






16. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






21. hen was NASA created?






22. What does NASA stand for?






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


24. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






28. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






32. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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


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






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






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






38. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






40. Name the 7 original astronauts






41. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






45. What were the first words from the moon?


46. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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