The Apollo Space Program

The Apollo Space Program

Open Ended

What do you already KNOW about NASA's Apollo Space Program?

Multiple Choice

What does NASA stand for?

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• New Aeroplane Science Administration

• National Aeronautics and Science Administration

• Native American Space Administration

Multiple Choice

______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.

• Highlands
• Maria
• Craters
• Meteorites

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How did the lunar mare (maria) form?

• Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing magma to bleed out
• Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing rock to break apart
• They were ancient oceans
• They were ancient beds of ice

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Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.

• Craters
• Maria
• Highlands
• Crescents

​The Apollo Program

• ​The Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring them safely back to Earth.

• Apollos 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 did this.

• Apollos 7 and 9 were Earth orbiting missions to test the Command and Lunar Modules.

• Apollos 8 and 10 tested various components while orbiting the Moon.

• Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon due to a malfunction! They made a movie....

Apollo Uncrewed Earth Orbit​

Apollo 4

9 November 1967 - 1st launch of Saturn V

Apollo 5

22 January 1968 - 1st test of Lunar Module in space

Apollo 6

4 April 1968 - Final uncrewed Apollo test

Apollo Crewed Earth Orbiting Missions

Apollo 7

11 October 1968 - 1st crewed Apollo flight; Splashdown 22 October 1968

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Apollo 9

3 March 1969 - First crewed Lunar Module test; Splashdown 13 March 1969

​Apollo Lunar Missions

Apollo 8

21 December 1968 Lunar Orbit and Return; Returned to Earth 27 December 1968

Apollo 10

18 May 1969 Lunar Orbit and Return; Returned to Earth 26 May 1969

Apollo 11

16 July 1969 Landed on Moon 20 July 1969 Sea of Tranquility; Returned to Earth 24 July 1969

Apollo 12

14 November 1969 Landed on Moon 19 November 1969 Ocean of Storms; Returned to Earth 24 November 1969

Apollo 13

11 April 1970 Lunar Flyby and Return Malfunction forced cancellation of lunar landing; Returned to Earth 17 April 1970

Apollo 14

31 January 1971 Landed on Moon 5 February 1971 Fra Mauro; Returned to Earth 9 February 1971

Apollo 15

26 July 1971 Landed on Moon 30 July 1971 Hadley Rille; Returned to Earth 7 August 1971

Apollo 16

16 April 1972 Landed on Moon 20 April 1972 Descartes; Returned to Earth 27 April 1972

Apollo 17

07 December 1972 Landed on Moon 11 December 1972 Taurus-Littrow; Returned to Earth 19 December 1972

Multiple Choice

How many Apollo missions were unmanned (did not have astronauts aboard)?

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 11

Multiple Choice

Apollo ___ finally launched three astronauts into space in October of 1968.

• 2

• 4

• 7

• 9

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How many Apollo missions landed on the moon?

• 11

• 6

• 1

• 3

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Which Apollo mission was the first to send men to walk on the moon?

• Apollo 13

• Apollo 9

• Apollo 7

• Apollo 11

Multiple Choice

In what year did the first Moon Landing happen?

• 1949

• 1969

• 1989

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Apollo ___ carried the last astronauts to the moon and back in 1972. The Apollo Project formally ended two years later.

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 17

​The Apollo 1 Launch Pad Accident

​January 27, 1967

​Tragic Loss of 3 Apollo Astronauts

​One of the worst tragedies in the history of spaceflight occurred on January 27, 1967 when the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral.

Multiple Choice

What was the mission of Apollo 1 ? What happened?

• to fly to the moon, and they were the first to walk on the moon

• to test the launch procedure, and 3 people died

• to orbit the earth, and it caught on fire

• to test the safety procedures, and everything was fixed

• ​Most powerful rocket ever flown successfully.

• Used in the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s and was also used to launch the Skylab space station. Cost per launch = about $190 million!

• 363 feet tall, 60 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty.

• Could launch about 130 tons into Earth orbit. That's about as much weight as 10 school buses.

• Could launch about 50 tons to the moon.

• ​The Saturn V rockets used for the Apollo missions had three stages. Each stage would burn its engines until it was out of fuel and would then separate from the rocket. The engines on the next stage would fire, and the rocket would continue into space.

• The first stage had the most powerful engines, since it had the challenging task of lifting the fully fueled rocket off the ground. The first stage lifted the rocket to an altitude of about 42 miles.

• The second stage carried it from there almost into orbit. The third stage placed the Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit and pushed it toward the moon.

• The first two stages fell into the ocean after separation. The third stage either stayed in space or hit the moon.

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the rocket that launched the Apollo spacecraft (and Skylab) into space?

• Saturn V

• Jupiter V

• Mars V

​The Apollo Spacecraft sits on top of the Saturn V rocket.

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​The Apollo Spacecraft is made of 3 modules: Lunar Module (LM), Service Module (SM), & Command Module (CM)

Multiple Choice

What was the Apollo Project?

• an unpublished Percy Jackson novel

• a class of astronauts who graduated from MIT

• a series of rockets designed to go to the Sun

• a series of space flights dedicated to getting American astronauts to the moon

Multiple Choice

How many modules did the Apollo spacecraft have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What was the function of the lunar modules (LM) attached to Apollo spacecraft?

• They provided the thrust and power needed to escape the Earth's gravity.

• They delivered astronauts from the command module to the moon's surface.

• They enabled the Apollo capsules to land safely on Earth at the ends of their missions.

• They contained the computers and radios the astronauts needed to maintain contact with Mission Control.

​The APOLLO Spacecraft

​3 modules

Multiple Choice

The image shown is the ______.

• command center

• service module

• saturn rocket

• lunar module

Multiple Choice

Where were the Apollo missions launched from?

• Houston, Texas

• The Pacific Ocean

• Cape Kennedy, Florida

• NASA

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Where is Mission Control after launching?

• Houston, Texas

• North Muskegon, MI

• Cape Kennedy, Florida

• Omaha, Nebraska

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When did humans first land on the moon?

• 1969

• 1960

• 1970

• 1972

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How many people walked on the moon?

• 2

• 12

• 18

• 20

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the rocket that the Apollo missions used?

• Mercury 3

• Gemini 2

• Saturn 5

• Lunar 11

Multiple Choice

Who were the 3 astronauts in the Apollo 11 mission?

• Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

• Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell

• Lovell, Swiggert, Mattingly

• Glenn, Lovell, Armstrong

​The Apollo spacecraft consisted of a Command Module (CM), a Service Module, and a Lunar Module (LM).

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• The CM/SM and LM separates for lunar orbit insertion.

• One crew member would stay in the CM/SM, which would orbit the Moon, while the other two astronauts would take the LM down to the lunar surface.

• After exploring the surface, setting up experiments, taking pictures, collecting rock samples, etc., the astronauts would jump back into the LM and return to the CM for the journey back to Earth.

• The LM is then ejected from the CM and the moon's gravity grabs it and it falls back to the lunar surface...

Multiple Choice

How many people were in the Apollo-11 crew?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Who is this?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

Multiple Choice

Who is this?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

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Who is this?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

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Where did they land on the Moon?

• The Sea of Storms

• The Sea of Tranquility

• The Sea of the Sky

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Why did Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's lunar module, the Eagle, almost crash?

• Low fuel

• Engine caught on fire

• One of the windows broke

Multiple Choice

Who took the photos of Neil Armstrong on the Moon?

• Michael Collins

• Buzz Aldrin

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Who jumped around the Moon saying: "Hippity-hoppity, hippity hoppity!"

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

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TRUE or FALSE: Michael Collins walked on the moon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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About how many people watched the first Moon Landing on TV?

• 600 million

• 800 million

• 300 million

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TRUE or FALSE: Buzz Aldrin got to step on the Moon.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Where did the Apollo 11 astronauts land on Mother Earth?

• Pacific Ocean

• NASA's base