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NASA Space Program

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






2. Name the 7 original astronauts






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






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






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


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


7. What is the LEM?


8. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






10. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






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






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 does NASA stand for?






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






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






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


19. hen was NASA created?






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






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






22. Why was NASA created?






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






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






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






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






27. When was the Explorer I launched?






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


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






30. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






31. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






33. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






34. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






37. When was the Explorer I launched?






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






39. When did the first American orbit the earth?






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






41. Why was NASA created?






42. What is the LEM?


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






44. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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






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






48. What were the first words from the moon?


49. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






50. What tragedy struck Apollo I?