Apollo 13 Vocabulary

The Apollo program was a series of space missions conducted by which organization?

• NASA

• ESA

• Roscosmos

• ISRO

The Lunar Module (LM) is:

• a spacecraft used in the Apollo missions to land humans on the Moon

• a satellite orbiting the Earth

• a space station module

• a type of telescope

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The Command Module (CM) is:

• a part of the Apollo spacecraft that housed the crew and equipment for re-entry and splashdown.

• a module used for communication between astronauts and mission control.

• a component of the space shuttle used for launching satellites.

• a training simulator for astronauts.

The Saturn V rocket is:

• a type of car

• a space launch vehicle

• a type of aircraft

• a submarine

The Mission Control Center is:

• a facility responsible for managing space missions

• a center for training astronauts

• a research laboratory for space technology

• a public space museum

An oxygen tank in the context of Apollo 13 is:

• a storage container for oxygen used by astronauts.

• a fuel tank for the spacecraft.

• a communication device.

• a navigation tool.

Cryogenic tanks are used for storing what type of substances?

• Gaseous substances

• Cryogenic substances

• Solid substances

• Radioactive substances

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A CO² scrubber is a device used to:

• Increase CO² levels in the atmosphere

• Remove CO² from the air

• Convert CO² into oxygen

• Measure CO² levels

Reentry in space missions refers to:

• The launch phase of a spacecraft

• The phase when a spacecraft returns to Earth's atmosphere

• The phase when a spacecraft orbits the Earth

• The phase when a spacecraft lands on another planet

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What is splashdown?

• A type of water landing

• A cooking technique

• A dance move

• A computer program