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Apollo 13

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the commander of Apollo 13?

a)

Buz Lightyear

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Jim Lovell

d)

Fred Haise

2.

Where did the Apollo 13 launch from?

a)

Kennedy Space Center

b)

Houston, TX

c)

Hawaii

d)

Outer Space

3.

Mission Control is located in what city?

a)

Orlando

b)

Texas

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

Houston

4.

How long did the Apollo 13 mission last?

a)

6 months

b)

7 days

c)

4 days

d)

30 days

5.

How long did Jim say it would take to get to the moon?

a)

4 days

b)

7 days

c)

1 month

d)

2 weeks

6.

Who said, "Houston, we have a problem"

a)

Jack Swigert

b)

Gene Kranz (Flight)

c)

Jim Lovell

d)

Fred Haise

7.

Why didn't Ken Mattingly go on the mission as planned?

a)

He thought he had the measles.

b)

No one liked him.

c)

He made too many mistakes.

d)

He was not an astronaut.

8.

What was venting from the space craft after the explosion?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

nitrogen

c)

waste

d)

oxygen

9.

Who was President of the United States during this mission?

a)

Obama

b)

Nixon

c)

Johnson

d)

Kennedy

10.

What where the conditions in the space craft?

a)

hot

b)

dark

c)

cold

d)

freezing

11.

What year was the Apollo 13 mission?

a)

1963

b)

1980

c)

1969

d)

1970

12.

What was the cause of the explosion?

a)

Stirring the oxygen tanks

b)

a meteor strike

c)

a power failure

d)

too much fuel

13.

Why didn't the news cover the launch if Apollo 13?

a)

They had the wrong date.

b)

They thought it was boring.

c)

NASA would not allow cameras.

14.

What is the poisonous gas the crew has to create a filter for?

a)

oxygen

b)

nitrogen

c)

helium

d)

carbon dioxide

15.

Who takes over a pilot after Mattingly is told he can't go on the mission?

a)

Jim Lovell

b)

Fred Haise

c)

Gene Kranz

d)

Jack Swigert

16.

How much weight does the crew need to add to the craft before re-entry?

a)

200 lbs

b)

80 lbs

c)

100 lbs

d)

none

17.

How many Amps over is Mattingly in the re-entry sequence?

a)

4

b)

20

c)

10

d)

15

18.

Where does the crew dispose of the human waste in the space craft?

a)

In the trash can

b)

in a bottle

c)

in outer space

19.

Jack Swigert was elected to Congress in what state?

a)

Texas

b)

Colorado

c)

Nevada

d)

Florida

20.

Choose the types of jobs portrayed in the movie

a)

mathematician

b)

engineer

c)

doctor

d)

astronaut