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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






5. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






9. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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


12. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






16. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






18. When did the first American orbit the earth?






19. hen was NASA created?






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






21. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






25. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






26. What were the first words from the moon?


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






28. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






33. When was the Explorer I launched?






34. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






35. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






45. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






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






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






50. Name the astronauts of Apollo I