Space Travel in Interstellar
What was the name of the main spaceship used for the mission?
The Endurance
What is the name of the black hole in the movie?
Gargantua
Why did time move slower on Miller’s planet?
Strong gravity from the black hole
What crop was failing on Earth at the start of the movie?
Corn
What was Murph short for?
Murphy
Who was the pilot chosen to lead the mission?
Cooper
A wormhole bends what in space?
Space and time (spacetime)
How many years passed on Earth during the few hours on Miller’s planet?
About 23 years
Why couldn’t humanity survive on Earth much longer?
The blight & lack of oxygen
Who played Professor Brand?
Michael Caine
Where was the wormhole located in our solar system?
Near Saturn
What is the edge of a black hole called?
Event horizon
What famous theory explains how time changes with gravity and speed?
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
What dangerous feature did Miller’s planet have?
Giant waves
What was the name of the robot companion?
TARS
What organization secretly funded the space mission?
NASA
What shape did the wormhole appear as?
A sphere
What happened to Cooper inside the black hole that let him send messages to Murph?
He entered the tesseract (5th-dimensional space)
Who betrayed the crew by lying about his planet?
Dr. Mann
Who stayed behind on Earth and aged while Cooper was gone?
Murph
What was the name of the professor leading the project on Earth?
Professor Brand
In reality, what famous scientist’s equations helped inspire how black holes were shown?
Kip Thorne
What object did he use to send messages back in time?
Murph’s watch
What was Plan B?
Colonizing a new planet with frozen embryos
At the end, Cooper wakes up on what massive space station near Saturn?
Cooper Station