Movie quiz - Apollo 13

Once in space, what happened to the ship that started causing problems?

• The ship was hit with a meteor

• They were running out of fuel

• A critical o-ring didn't seal right

• An oxygen tank exploded

The crew became worried about having too much of what gas?

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen

• helium

Why did they have to add ballast (weight) to the control module before landing?

• to make up for the missing oxygen

• to make up for the missing food

• to make up for the missing moon rocks

• to make up for Fred Haise's missing weight

NASA determined to orbit the moon instead of doing an "about turn". Why?

• The computers were programed to go to the moon and could not be reprogrammed from Earth.

• Continuing to the moon was a faster way of getting back to Earth.

• The free return trajectory allowed them to use the moon's gravity to turn.

• Orbiting the moon allowed the mission to make a small first-time advance for the space program.

COMMAND/SERVICE MODULE - was named

• Lunar

• Module

• Odyssey

• Space Invaders

Ｗho were the crew at the beginning?

• Jack Swigert, Ken Mattingly and Jim Lovell were.

• Fred Haise, Jack Swigert and Ken Mattingly were.

• Tom Hank, Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell were.

• Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly were.

Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?

• Jim Lovell

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

• Gus Gresson

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Where was mission control for Apollo 13?

• In Washington

• In Houston

• Cape Kennedy

• Cape Canaveral

What was one reason Jim Lovell satisfied not to have another scheduled mission before he left?

• He thought the 400º difference in temperature was awesome

• He thought the 200º difference in temperature was awesome

• He thought the gravity of 1.6 was awesome

• He thought the gravity of 9.8 was awesome

Who launched in Apollo 13?

• Jack Swigert, Fred Haise and Jim Lovell

• Fred Haise, Jack Swigert and Ken Mattingly

• Tom Hanks, Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell

• Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Ken Mattingly