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NASA Space Program

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1. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






4. Who was president when NASA was created?






5. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






8. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






9. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






11. Why was NASA created?






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






13. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






16. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






19. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


27. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






29. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






30. What is the LEM?


31. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






34. What does NASA stand for?






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






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






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






38. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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