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NASA Space Program

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1. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






2. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






3. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






6. Why was NASA created?






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






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


9. What is the name of the first articial satellite that was launched?






10. Who was president when NASA was created?






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. When was the 2nd artificial satellite launched?






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






19. What is the LEM?


20. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






22. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






23. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






25. hen was NASA created?






26. When did the first American orbit the earth?






27. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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






30. What is the LEM?


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






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






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






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






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






36. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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






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






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






40. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






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






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






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






45. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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






49. When was the Explorer I launched?






50. When was the Explorer I launched?