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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






4. What is the LEM?


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






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






7. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






10. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






29. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






38. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






39. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






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


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






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






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






46. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






47. Who was president when NASA was created?






48. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






50. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?