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NASA Space Program

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






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






3. Name the astronauts of Apollo I






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






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






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


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






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






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






16. Why was NASA created?






17. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






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






19. Who was president when NASA was created?






20. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






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






22. What were the first words from the moon?


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






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


25. What was the objective of the Apollo Program?






26. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






29. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






31. What country launched the first artificial satellite?






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






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






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


35. What tragedy struck Apollo I?






36. When was the first space shuttle launched?






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


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






39. What Apollo mission landed on the moon?






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






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






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


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






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






45. What date was the first articial satellite launched?






46. hen was NASA created?






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






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






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






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