One Small Step for Man
In 1969, this NASA organized U.S. space mission successfully made the first human contact on the moon.
What is Apollo 11?
Many of the moons craters are formed by high velocity impacts from these moving objects
What are asteroids?
Mons Huygens is the moons tallest of these formations. Comparable in height to the tallest one in North America: Denali.
What is a mountain?
This chain of craters consists of 3 craters named for the three astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission. Name one of the 3 craters
What are Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
Trace amounts of this substance have been found near the poles of the moon. It's symbol is H20
What is water?
Astronaut Alan Shepherd is famous for not only being the first American to go to space, but also the first to play a sport on the moon when he smuggled the proper equipment for this sport; typically played on a country club not a crater
What is golf?
The moon's lack of this protective layer can be to blame for its volume of craters. This layer typically disintegrates meteors when they enter Earth?
What is an atmosphere?
Rather than Antarctica, this southernmost point on the moon is covered by the largest crater on the moon
What is the South Pole?
This Illusion, makes it appear from Earth that there is a face in the moon.
What is the man in the moon?
The core of the moon is similar to Earth and primarily composed of this dense metal; it's represented by the symbol Fe on the Periodic Table
What is iron?
This modern string of NASA based lunar missions, was first organized in 2017, and plans for a final flight in the year 2030. It is named for the Greek goddess of the hunt and counterpart to Apollo
What is the Artemis Mission?
This number represents the number of named craters on the moon's surface (closest answer wins)
What is 9,100?
From afar, astronomers believe that lunar highlands represent a version of these large Earthly landmasses, to which there are 7.
What are continents?
Arguably the most famous crater on the moon is named for this astronomer; he was known for his eccentric personality, missing nose and pet moose
Who is Tycho Brahe?
The most common substance in the moon's surface composition (outside of oxygen) is this metal, known for its value in technology production and symbolized by Si on the Periodic Table
What is silicon?
In 1962, this former U.S. President gave his iconic "We Choose to Go to the Moon Speech" at Rice Stadium in Texas. He declared man would be on the moon by the end of the decade
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
When the moon first formed, it was believed that craters held oceans of this substance, made from hot, liquid rock
What is magma?
Lunar maria is the moon's version of an Earthly phenomenon that can be found near erupting volcanoes
What are lava flows?
This organization is responsible for standardizing the names of all of the moon's many geographical features
What is the International Astronomical Union (IAU)?
A magma lake in the crater Ena, is known for its dark blue hue, due to high contents of this metal; labeled Ti on the Periodic Table
What is Titanium?
Upon making landfall, the Apollo 11 mission landed in this lunar "sea" named for its smooth calm lunar plains
What is Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility)?
These very large craters often have multiple rings and flat floors and are usually much bigger than simple bowl-shaped craters
What are impact basins?
The lunar version of Earth's fault lines; the name comes from the Latin word for ridge
What are dorsa (dorsum)?
The Ancient Greek name for the moon was named for this Goddess, believed to pull the moon with a chariot. She was a companion to Artemis and counterpart to Helios
Who is Selene?
The moon's "soil" is actually this substance made of loose weathered rock and dust
What is regolith?