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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 was the name of the Apollo 13 command module? LEM?






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






4. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






6. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






7. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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


10. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






12. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






15. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






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






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






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






20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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


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






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


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


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






26. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






41. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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


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






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






47. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






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






50. What is the LEM?