NASA’s Artemis Program

Question 1

ARTEMIS - 1 mission:

Answer 1

• aims to land humans on the moon by 2024
• plans to land the first woman and first person of colour on the moon
• will be the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Systems

Question 2

Former name of Artemis

Answer 2

Exploration Mission-1

Question 3

____ is going to remain in space without docking to a space station, longer than any ship for astronauts has ever done before

Answer 3

Orion spacecraft

Question 4

____ is the most powerful rocket in the world — and travels 2,80,000 miles from the earth for over four to six weeks during the course of the mission.

Answer 4

Space Launch System (SLS)

Question 5

Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA’s primary launch center of human spaceflight . What is KSC?

Answer 5

Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Question 6

____ under Artemis I will be launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, U.S. in the summer of 2022

Answer 6

SLS and Orion

Question 7

Who became the first rover to visit the Moon?

Answer 7

Soviet Union’s uncrewed Luna 1 and 2

1959

Question 8

The astronauts going for the Artemis program will wear newly designed spacesuits, called

Answer 8

Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU

Question 9

In 2012, the ___ spacecraft studied the Moon’s gravity.

Answer 9

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)

Question 10

The experiment will employ a trio of spacecraft flying in formation in the shape of an equilateral triangle that has sides one million kilometres long, with lasers shining between the craft. What is this experiment?

Answer 10

Evolved LISA