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






3. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






6. What does NASA stand for?






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


8. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






12. What were the first words from the moon?


13. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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


30. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






34. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






39. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






40. What were the first words from the moon?


41. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






44. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


46. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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






50. hen was NASA created?