Moon Missions
The last manned mission to land on the Moon in 1972
What was Apollo 17?
Clouds formed by aircraft engine exhaust
What are contrails?
Pathways used to move aircraft to and from runways
What are taxiways?
Aircraft type whose name translates to "Spiral wing"
What is a helicopter?
The four forces of flight
What are thrust, lift, weight, and drag?
Shuttle-derived rocket used to launch the Artemis missions
What is the Space Launch System (SLS)?
Low level clouds that produce thunderstorms
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The largest factor in choosing runway orientation
What is prevailing wind direction?
Operator of the world's largest fleet of single-engine piston aircraft
What is the Civil Air Patrol?
Helicopter that made the first extra-terrestrial powered flight in 2021
What is Ingenuity?
Spacecraft used to carry four astronauts during the Artemis missions
What is the Orion spacecraft?
High level clouds made of ice crystals
What are cirrus, cirrostratus, or cirrocumulus clouds?
Parking and staging area for aircraft
What is the Apron, Flight Line, Ramp, or Tarmac?
The most numerous aircraft in CAP's fleet
What is the Cessna 182 Skylane?
Control surface that causes an aircraft to pitch
What is an elevator, elevon, or stabilator?
NASA program started in 2004, which planned a return to the Moon by 2020
What is the Constellation program?
Specks of dirt, dust, or salt crystal around which water droplets condense to form clouds
What are condensation nuclei?
Beacon color pattern used to indicate a civilian land airport
What are one green and one white flash?
Type of engine usable between speeds of Mach 3 and Mach 6
What is a ramjet?
The "Father of Modern Rocketry"
Who was Robert Goddard?
One of the four astronauts who flew past the Moon on Artemis II
Who are Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen?
Type of contrail that indicates a cold, humid, and stable air mass
What is a persistent non-spreading contrail?
Approach lighting system that shows a pilot red over red, red over white, or white over white lights
What are Visual Approach Slope Indicator lights?
Seaplane operated by CAP Alaska Wing
What is the Cessna 185 Skywagon?
Moon phase following the First Quarter and preceding the Full Moon
What is a Waxing Gibbous Moon?