Carrying the Fire

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1. Michael Collins was selected to be an astronaut in which group? Original Seven The Fourteen Next Nine Five in ‘65

2. What was smuggled aboard Gemini 3 that caused NASA administrators to go ballistic? Playboy Magazine Corned beef sandwich Airline sized bottle of gin All of these items

3. What was Michael Collins’ first crew assignment? Pilot of Mercury 9 Backup Pilot for Gemini 7 Pilot for Gemini 10 Command Module Pilot for Apollo 8

4. What mission was Michael Collins’ first space flight? Mercury 9 Gemini 10 Gemini 7 Apollo 8

5. Who did Michael Collins fly with on his first space mission? No one, he flew alone Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin John Glenn John Young

6. What Apollo flight crew was Michael Collins originally assigned to? Tom Stafford & John Young Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin & Jim Lovell Frank Borman & Bill Anders

7. What was the mission that the astronauts who flew on Apollo 8 were originally scheduled to fly? Apollo 9 Apollo 8 Apollo 7 Apollo 10

8. Who notified Michael Collins of his assignment to the Apollo 11 crew? He doesn’t remember Deke Slayton Neil Armstrong President Nixon

9. What was Michael Collins’ role during the flight of Apollo 11? Command Module Pilot Flight Engineer Commander Lunar Module Pilot

10. What was Neil Armstrong’s role during the flight of Apollo 11? Command Module Pilot Commander Flight Engineer Lunar Module Pilot

11. What was Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin’s role during the flight of Apollo 11? Commander Lunar Module Pilot Command Module Pilot Flight Engineer

12. Whose idea was it to put an eagle on the Apollo 11 flight patch? Pat Collins (Michael’s wife) Jim Lovell Buzz Aldrin A nameless NASA artist

13. What was the name of the Apollo 11 Command Module? Columbia America Charlie Brown Gumdrop

14. Who suggested the name of the Apollo 11 Command Module to Michael Collins? Neil Armstrong Former President Lyndon Johnson Michael Collins Jr. (His son) A NASA administrator

15. What was the name of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module? Eagle Falcon Snoopy Challenger

16. John Young compared flying the Apollo Command and Service Modules to which of these? Navigating rapids in a kayak Steering an aircraft carrier with an outboard motor Flying a fighter plane Driving a minivan

17. Before the launch of Apollo 11, what gift did Michael Collins give to the “Czar of the Launch Pad” Guenter Wendt? Apollo 11 commemorative patch A plaque with a mounted fish A cheeseburger Miniature Saturn 5 Rocket

18. During each 2 hour orbit of the moon how long was Michael Collins the loneliest man in the universe? 48 minutes 60 minutes 23 minutes 93 minutes

19. According to Michael Collins, what were the first words spoken on the moon after the Lunar Module landed? “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed” A bunch of technical gibberish “That’s one small step for a man, ” “We copy you down Eagle”

20. On the trip to and from the moon, Apollo 11 performed a maneuver called the Bar-B-Que roll. What was the purpose of this maneuver? To cook their meals To moderate temperatures To put the spacecraft at the proper attitude for landing To help with stellar navigation

21. What could Michael Collins NOT do while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon? Contact Houston Prevent gimbal lock on his navigation platform Watch his crewmates walk on the moon Use hot water to prepare his meals

22. If Armstrong and Aldrin were unable to leave the moon’s surface in the Ascent Stage of the Lunar Module, what was Collins supposed to do? Use the Command Module to rescue them Return to Earth alone Send down the backup Lunar Module Wait in Lunar orbit for Apollo 12 to rescue them

23. At the end of the Apollo 11 mission, after landing in the Pacific, why did Michael Collins owe Neil Armstrong a beer? They landed 23.7 miles off target They completed the mission successfully The spacecraft flipped nose over when it landed Collins became seasick waiting to be picked up

24. Michael Collins was the ___ man to walk on the moon. He never walked on the moon. Second Last Seventh

25. How many times did Michael Collins fly in space? 1 4 3 2