Early Years
Which two nations competed in "The Space Race" ?
Name the month and year of the moon landing.
July 1969
Who was the first woman in space?
Sally Ride. In 1983, astronaut Sally Ride launched aboard space shuttle Challenger and became the first American woman to go to space. Dr
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”
Neil Armstrong, on July 20, 1969, as he walked on the surface of the moon. He maintains that he said “a small step” but the “a” dropped out in transmission.
The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by:
A The United States
B The Soviet Union
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space.
Mission Control was located in which Texas city?
Houston
This natural force attracts objects with mass toward each other. It is the reason that astronauts can float in space.
Gravity
Which Apollo mission almost ended in disaster when mission control heard in transmission:
"Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”
Apollo 13
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shephard, in 1961. He later made it to the Moon on Apollo 14.
Who were the three astronauts who went on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon? (Only two of them walked on the moon)
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
This astronaut was the oldest person to walk on the moon. Not only did he walk on the moon, he hit 2 gold balls on it.
Alan Shephard. He was the first American in space 10 years prior to going to the moon as part of the Mercury 7 crew.
Which U.S. president said in 1961:
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..."
On September 12, 1962, John F Kennedy delivered his famous “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech in front of a crowd of 40,000 at Rice University in Texas. He did so to rally support for the Apollo Program, which would be the most expensive civilian technological program in U.S. history.
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
True or False: The Moon Landing was the most watched event in television history
True! Over 600 million people across the globe tuned in.
How many total missions landed on the moon?
Six
This speech never happened, but was planned in 1969 in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon. Who was going to deliver the speech?
“Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace…..”
Richard Nixon was to deliver the speech if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not return from the Moon. The speech was sent in a memo from Nixon speechwriter Bill Safire to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman, titled “In Event of Moon Disaster.”
Where is the Kennedy Space Center located?
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Which of the following did Neil Armstrong bring with him on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon?
A) a piece of a Wright brother airplane
B) his childhood toy plane
C) Amelia Earhart's goggles
A: He brought a piece of wood and fabric from a Wright Brother plane in his personal kit, to symbolize the progress of spaceflight.
True or False: There is only one American flag on the Moon.
False!
A flag was planted on every Apollo mission that landed on the Moon.
Buzz Aldrin said the Apollo 11 flag fell over when the rocket took off. It was placed about 27 feet from the landing craft. Because of this, later crews placed their flags farther away from the lunar module.
The first American in space said:
"Fix your little problem and light this candle,"
as he sat in the Freedom 7 capsule, frustrated by long delays.
Alan Shephard, 1961