Rockets
What is the name of the rocket that was used in the Apollo program?
The Saturn V rocket
What is the biggest star?
The red supergiant star
What is the red planet?
Mars
What is a rover?
A rover is like a small car, sends back data.
More info: They are built to explore. These robots are sent commands from Earth, can find their own way around and can send information back to Earth.
Who were the first two people to land on the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon?
1969
What is the smallest star?
black Dwarf
When is Mars2020 space mission launch?
Today! July 30,2020
It is a Mars Rover mission by NASA, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone. It will touch down in Jezero crater on planet Mars on 18 February 2021 !
How big is the Curiosity rover ? Approximately, in terms of things that you see everyday?
As big as a car
In which year did Yuri Gagarin go to space ?
1957
What is the biggest rocket?
The Saturn V rocket
What is a light year?
The amount of distance that light travels in a year.
How long does it take to travel to the moon from Earth?
Three days!
In which year did the rover Spirit land on planet Mars ?
2004
How many people have walked on the moon?
Twelve
How many space shuttles exploded?
2
What’s bigger ? White giant or an yellow giant ?
White Giant
What are Saturn’s rings made of?
Ice
More info: Saturn’s breathtaking rings are made of billions of sparkling fragments of ice that range in size from snowflakes to icebergs. There are thousands of individual ringlets. Gravity has pulled the material in the rings into a plane so incredibly thin that a disk if paper made to the same scale would be about 0.9 miles in diameter.
Which rover played ‘Happy Birthday’ & where ?
Curiosity rover on Mars!
On August 6, 2013, Curiosity marked the anniversary of its landing by playing ‘Happy Birthday’ out loud - the first time music has ever been played on another planet!
Where was Yuri Gagarin from?
Russia
More info: In 1961, Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the first person in space, orbiting Earth in a flight lasting just over 100 minute.
What are the names of the 5 space shuttles?
Challenger,Discovery,Atlantis,Endeavour & Columbia
What’s bigger? A red giant or an orange giant ?
Red giant
Which eclipse has the moon in the middle?
Solar eclipse
More info: A total Solar eclipse Is an amazing event. For a few minutes, the Sun disappears behind the Moon and day turns suddenly to night.
Has anyone here experienced that ?
How many rovers have visited Mars ?
Twelve
Who is the third astronaut in Apollo 11 who did not land on the moon ?
Micheal Collins
In 1969, Micheal Collins remained in orbit in Apollo Command Module, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin flew to the moon in the Eagle (Apollo 11 Lunar Module).