Artemis
What location will all Artemis missions launch from?
The Kennedy Space Center in Florida
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn (293 confirmed moons)
What is a nebula in simple terms?
A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas, and sometimes are the birthplace of stars.
What year will the Artemis III mission launch?
No earlier than June 2027
How many planets are there in our solar system?
8
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Which planet has the biggest moon?
Jupiter (Ganymede)
Which asteroid and debris reservoir is larger? The Kuiper Belt or the Asteroid Belt?
The Kuiper Belt is about 20 times wider than the Asteroid Belt.
The Asteroid Belt is located between Mars and Jupiter, while the Kuiper Belt is located after Neptune and contains Pluto.
Which Artemis missions have or will actually land on the moon?
Artemis IV and V
What is the hottest planet in the solar system?
Venus
Who was the first woman to orbit the moon?
Christina Koch
What year was the first moon landing? (Apollo 11)
July 20, 1969
Does the sun account for more or less than 50% of all the mass in our solar system?
More! The sun holds 99.86% of all mass in our solar system.
What year was Artemis 1 launched?
November 16, 2022
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
What year was NASA established?
July 29, 1958
Do we only see one side of the moon?
Yes! The moon rotates at the same time as the earth so we always see the same side. (We only see about 59% of the moon from earth)
What is a meteoroid?
A. Small rocks/dust still in outer space.
B. Inside a planet's atmosphere, it becomes a shooting star.
C. Survives the atmosphere and lands on the surface of a planet.
A!
Meteoroids: These rocks are still in space. Meteoroids range in size from dust grains to small asteroids.
Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that of another planet, like Mars) at high speed and burn up, the fireballs or “shooting stars” are called meteors.
Meteorites: When a meteoroid survives a trip through the atmosphere and hits the ground, it’s called a meteorite.
Who was the commander of the Artemis II mission?
Reid Wiseman
What is one or more of the qualifications a planet must have to be considered a planet?
1. It must orbit a star.
2. It must be big enough to have enough gravity to force it to be a sphere. (It must be a sphere).
3. It must be big enough that its gravity has cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit around the sun.
What was NASAs old name?
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
Which planet(s) in our solar system have no moons? Name at least one.
Mercury and Venus
Name 2 types of galaxies
Spiral, elliptical, irregular, lenticular, active, and Seyfert.