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NASA Space Program

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1. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






3. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






6. Why was NASA created?






7. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


16. What does NASA stand for?






17. What were the first words from the moon?


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






19. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






23. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






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






29. Why was NASA created?






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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


36. Name the 7 original astronauts






37. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


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






39. What were the first words as man stepped on the moon?


40. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






41. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






44. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






45. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






46. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






48. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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