WorksheetsThe Apollo Missions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where were the missions launched from?
Houston, Texas
The Pacific Ocean
Cape Kennedy, Florida
NASA
Where is Mission Control after launching?
Houston, Texas
The Pacific Ocean
Cape Kennedy, Florida
NASA
Place the following events in sequence:
A) The Apollo Project begins;
B) The Mercury Project begins;
C) Sputnik I is launched
A C B
C B A
C A B
A B C
What decade saw the height of the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union?
the 1950's
the 1960's
the 1970's
the 1980's
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 main Apollo capsules 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.
When did man first land on the moon?
1969
1960
1970
1972
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an unpublished Percy Jackson novel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
Project Apollo was a follow up to ______ which successfully __________.
Project Mercury, put a dog, Laika, on the moon,
Project Moon Race, put a monkey in orbit
Project Einstein, launched a satellite to spy on the Russians
Project Mercury, put an American (human) in orbit
Who declared that the United States would put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
John F Kennedy
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
The U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1 in October of 1957. What was Sputnik 1?
a satellite
a manned rocket
a capsule containing a monkey
a bomb
The Soviets won the first few rounds of the Space Race by putting the first ____ and first ____ into Earth Orbit.
fish, dog
insect, human
animal (dog), human
animal (monkey), robot
Apollo ___ finally launched three astronauts into space in October of 1968.
2
4
7
9
Apollo ___ carried the last astronauts to the moon and back in 1972. The Apollo Project formally ended two years later.
14
15
16
17
What was the purpose of Apollo1? and, 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
How many Apollo missions landed on the moon?
11
6
1
3
How many people walked on the moon?
2
12
18
20
What is the name of the rocket that the Apollo missions used?
Mercury 3
Gemini 2
Saturn 5
Lunar 11
Who were the 3 astronauts in the Apollo 11 mission?
Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
Armstrong, Aldrin, Lovell
Lovell, Swiggert, Mattingly
Glenn, Lovell, Armstrong
Which Apollo mission was the one where the astronauts were the first to walk on the moon?
1
7
11
13
How many Apollo missions were unmanned (did not have astronauts aboard)?
1
5
10
11
