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NASA Space Program

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1. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






4. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






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






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






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


11. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






15. Why was NASA created?






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






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






18. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






19. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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






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






24. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






26. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






28. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






30. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






33. hen was NASA created?






34. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






35. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






36. What is the LEM?


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






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






39. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






40. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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


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






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






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






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






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






47. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






50. When was the Explorer I launched?