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Quiz about Mercury Gemini Apollo Space Programs

Mercury, Gemini & Apollo Space Programs Quiz

Questions about the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs.

A multiple-choice quiz by fertigline. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
fertigline

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,751

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

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1089

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who built the Saturn V Rocket that made it possible to go to the Moon? Hint

George Mueller

Robert Goddard

Samuel Phillips

Wernher von Braun

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Question 2 of 15

2. What phrase did Scott Carpenter say to John Glenn as he was launching his Friendship 7 Mission?

Answer: (Three or four words)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who was the first scientist to walk on the Moon? Hint

Gene Cernan

Harrison Schmitt

Ronald Evans

David Scott

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Question 4 of 15

4. On what mission did astronauts perform the world's first docking of two orbiting spacecraft? Hint

Gemini 7

Gemini 8

Gemini 6

Gemini 5

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Question 5 of 15

5. True or False: Apollo 13 went to the moon.

True

False

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who was the first astronaut to eat food in space? Hint

Wally Schirra

Gus Grissom

Scott Carpenter

John Glenn

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the nickname of the Gemini 3 spacecraft?

Answer: (two words)

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Question 8 of 15

8. How many men have walked on the Moon? Hint

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who did the first American spacewalk?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Alan Shepard put the number 7 onto the name of his Freedom 7 Spacecraft in honor of the original 7 astronauts.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. What was the name of the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 mission? Hint

Eagle

Intrepid

Snoopy

Antares

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Question 12 of 15

12. What mission is known as 'the mission that never flew'?

Answer: (one word and one number)

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Question 13 of 15

13. What mission was known as a 'successful failure'?

Answer: (one word and one number)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who was the Primary Flight Director during the Apollo 11 mission? Hint

Glenn Lunney

Gene Kranz

Chris Kraft

Deke Slayton

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was the mission time for Freedom 7, America's first space flight? Hint

22 min 5 sec

10 min 39 sec

32 min 48 sec

15 min 22 sec

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who built the Saturn V Rocket that made it possible to go to the Moon?

Answer: Wernher von Braun

Dr. Wernher von Braun had been a German scientist who surrendered to the Allied forces at the close of World War 2 before joining the space program.

2. What phrase did Scott Carpenter say to John Glenn as he was launching his Friendship 7 Mission?

Answer: Godspeed John Glenn

Scott Carpenter only flew one mission into space. He would later be the Executive Assistant to the Director of the Manned Space Flight Center and was active in underwater extravehicular crew training.

3. Who was the first scientist to walk on the Moon?

Answer: Harrison Schmitt

Dr. Harrison Schmitt was a geologist.

4. On what mission did astronauts perform the world's first docking of two orbiting spacecraft?

Answer: Gemini 8

Neil Armstrong and David Scott did it on the Gemini 8 mission when they docked with the unmanned Agena Probe.

5. True or False: Apollo 13 went to the moon.

Answer: True

Apollo 13 did indeed go to the Moon but never landed on the surface.

6. Who was the first astronaut to eat food in space?

Answer: John Glenn

John Glenn was limited to eating freeze dried powders, bite size cubes of food that had a gelatin coating, and pastry foods in a tube.

7. What was the nickname of the Gemini 3 spacecraft?

Answer: Molly Brown

After his Mercury Spacecraft sank in the Atlantic, Gus Grissom named Gemini 3 after the Unsinkable Molly Brown.

8. How many men have walked on the Moon?

Answer: 12

Apollo 11,12,14,15,16 and 17 all had two astronauts each that went to the moon's surface.

9. Who did the first American spacewalk?

Answer: Ed White

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov was the first human to spacewalk, Ed White was the first American to do it.

10. Alan Shepard put the number 7 onto the name of his Freedom 7 Spacecraft in honor of the original 7 astronauts.

Answer: False

He actually choose the number 7 because the capsule he flew was model number 7, and everybody thought it was such a good idea that all the mercury capsules carried the 7 suffix.

11. What was the name of the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 mission?

Answer: Eagle

Who could forget the famous phrase "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

12. What mission is known as 'the mission that never flew'?

Answer: Apollo 1

Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffe and Ed White perished in a ground test aboard Apollo 1.

13. What mission was known as a 'successful failure'?

Answer: Apollo 13

It was successful in that it got back to the Earth safely but failed in its main objective of landing on the Moon.

14. Who was the Primary Flight Director during the Apollo 11 mission?

Answer: Gene Kranz

Gene Kranz was the White Team Flight Director.

15. What was the mission time for Freedom 7, America's first space flight?

Answer: 15 min 22 sec

It was a sub-orbital flight.

Source: Author fertigline

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