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What was the Apollo Space Project?
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A series of flights dedicated to getting American astronauts on the Moon.
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What does NASA stand for?
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| What year did the Apollo program formally end? |
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| What was important about Apollo 17? |
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| In 1972, Apollo 17 carried the last astronauts to the Moon and back |
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| What was important about Apollo 11? |
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| In 1969, an Apollo 11 astronaut was the first man to walk on the Moon. |
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| What was important about Apollo 1? |
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| In 1967, a fire broke out on Apollo 1 and 3 astronauts died. |
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| The Space Race was an informal competition between the USA and Soviet Union to see who would do more with space technology. |
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| Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The year was 1957. |
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| What was important about Project Mercury? |
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| Project Mercury was the first successful orbit of an American around the Earth. |
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| What did President John F. Kennedy tell the world the US would do by the end of the 1960s? |
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| President John F. Kennedy told the world that the "US would put a man on the Moon during the 1960s". |
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