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NASA Space Program

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






2. What is the LEM?


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






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






5. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






8. What is the LEM?


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






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






11. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






16. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






19. What does NASA stand for?






20. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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


23. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






29. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


34. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






36. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






41. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






47. hen was NASA created?






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


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






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