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NASA Space Program

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






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






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






4. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






8. What is the LEM?


9. Name the 7 original astronauts






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






14. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






17. What is the LEM?


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


19. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






36. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






40. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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


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






45. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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


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






50. When did the first American orbit the earth?