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NASA Space Program

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


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


3. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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


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






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






8. When was the first space shuttle launched?






9. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






10. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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


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






13. hen was NASA created?






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






15. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






18. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






22. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






25. Why was NASA created?






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






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






28. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






30. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






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






33. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






36. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






38. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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


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






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


46. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






47. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






49. Name the 7 original astronauts






50. What is the LEM?