The Earth And The Moon

Question 1

Who was the first American the be launched into space and how long did it last?

Answer 1

Alan Shepard and it lasted 15 minutes.

Question 2

What were the first American astronauts that went to space called?

Answer 2

The original 7

Question 3

Did Apollo 1 go to the Moon?

Answer 3

No.

Question 4

True or False: Apollo 7 was launched by Russia.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What did Apollo 9 have that the other Apollos (1,7,8) didn’t?

Answer 5

A lunar module.

Question 6

What does the eagle on Apollo 11 represent?

Answer 6

The eagle represents the national bird of America.

Question 7

What does ‘Ex Luna, scientia’ mean? (Latin)

Answer 7

Of the moon, science

Question 8

Did Apollo 15 land on the moon?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

What are the Man and eagle pointing to on the Apollo 17 mission patch?

Answer 9

The future.

Question 10

Who was the first South African and African to go to space?

Answer 10

Mark Shuttleworth.

Question 11

What was Apollo 11’s lunar module?

Answer 11

Eagle and it landed.

Question 12

What was Apollo 13’s command module name?

Answer 12

Odyssey.

Question 13

What was Apollo 15’s command module name?

Answer 13

Endeavour.

Question 14

What was Apollo 17’s lunar module name called?

Answer 14

Challenger.

Question 15

Name an interesting fact about the Challenger, Columbia and endeavour.

Answer 15

Challenger = Blew up
Columbia = Disintegrated
Endeavour = In a museum

Question 16

Name five interesting facts about the Moon.

Answer 16

• A moons year is the same as the earths year.
• The moon takes 27 days 7 hrs and 43 mins to orbit the earth.
• The moon spins on its own axis.
• We can never see ‘the dark side of the moon’ from earth.
• A moon day is 30 earth days.

Question 17

Name the order of the phrases of the moon.

Answer 17

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent and then a new moon again.

Question 18

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!

Answer 18

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!