Background
This is the name of the first mission in the Artemis program
What is Artemis I?
This spacecraft carried the astronauts on Artemis II
What is Orion?
This is the ocean the spacecraft landed in after reentry
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This is what food is usually consumed from in space
What are plastic/metallic bags?
This is the amount of years since the last time a crew went on a lunar mission
What is ~50 years?
This is the NASA center in Florida where Artemis II launched
What is Kennedy Space Center?
This is how many parachutes are used to land back on Earth
What are 11 parachutes?
This is how food is prepared in space
What is rehydration?
This was the earlier program that first landed humans on the moon
What is the Apollo program?
This protects the spacecraft during reentry (into Earth)
What is a heat shield?
These are the 4 astronauts of the Artemis crew
Who are Jeremy, Reid, Victor, and Christina?
This is the amount of days the Artemis II mission took
What is 10 days?
This mission served as the first crewed test of the Orion spacecraft
What is Artemis II?
This powerful rocket launches the spacecraft into space
What is the Space Launch System (SLS)?
This is expected when the spacecraft passes behind the far side of the Moon (regarding communication)
What is a communication blackout?
This made it hard for the crew to see stars while in space
What is illumination?
This is the U.S. government agency responsible for exploring space and studying the Earth
What is NASA?
This is the type of mission Artemis II is (NOT lunar/moon landing)
What is lunar flyby?
This is the purpose of the Artemis II mission
What is to prepare for future lunar/moon landings?
This is why water turns spherical in space
What is no gravity/surface tension?