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NASA Space Program

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1. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






6. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






9. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






11. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






15. Name the 7 original astronauts






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


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






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






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






20. hen was NASA created?






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






22. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






25. Why was NASA created?






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


27. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






29. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






33. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






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






37. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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


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






41. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






43. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






47. When was the first space shuttle launched?






48. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






49. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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