Back to the moon
Who's the twin sister of Artemis?
What is Apollo?
One of the main goals of the Artemis program is to land the first person of this gender on the lunar surface.
What is a woman?
To stay healthy during their 10-day trip, the crew will use "no-rinse" shampoo and these disposable wipes since they cannot take a shower.
What are Baby wipes?
Just like Apollo 11, the Artemis crews will carry this national symbol to leave or display on the Moon.
What is the American Flag?
While they didn't have Kindles, the crew had extensive "reading material" that consisted mostly of these technical manuals, often totaling over 20 pounds of paper.
What are flight plans (or checklists)?
NASA plans to use the Moon as a "stepping stone" to eventually send humans to this "Red Planet.
What is Mars?
Astronauts often practice for their missions by working in this type of "Neutral Buoyancy" facility to simulate the feeling of weightlessness.
What is an underwater lab (or pool)?
While in space, the four crew members will sleep in these, which are attached to the walls of the Orion capsule.
What are sleeping bags
To keep the rocket from melting the launchpad, NASA sprays 450,000 gallons of this liquid underneath it during liftoff.
What is water?
This heavy-lift rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA, is the primary launch vehicle for Artemis missions.
What is the Space Launch System (SLS)?
This NASA astronaut holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman and is now a mission specialist for Artemis II.
Who is Christina Koch
To prevent their muscles from getting weak in zero gravity, astronauts must do this for about 30 minutes every single day.
What is exercise?
Because the Moon's South Pole is very dark, the new Artemis spacesuits feature these mounted on the helmets so astronauts can see.
What are flashlights? (or headlamps)
What is the capsule they will fly to the moon in?
What is Orion
Serving as the mission's pilot, he is set to become the first person of color to travel to the vicinity of the Moon.
Who is Victor Glover?
Because there is no gravity to make it fall, this common seasoning must be used in liquid form so it doesn't float into an astronaut's eye.
What is salt (or pepper)?
Unlike the air we breathe on Earth, the Apollo cabin was pressurized with 100% of this specific gas, which was a major fire hazard.
What is pure oxygen?
Launched in 2022, this was the first uncrewed flight test of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.
What is Artemis?
This former fighter pilot is making history as the first Canadian (and first non-American) to fly on a lunar mission.
Who is Jeremy Hansen?
This is the name for the high-tech orange suits the astronauts wear during launch to protect them if the cabin loses pressure.
What is the Orion Crew Survival System (or Flight Suit)?
Upon returning from the lunar surface, astronauts noted that the Moon dust clinging to their suits smelled remarkably like this common Fourth of July item.
What is burnt gunpowder?