The Apollo 11 spacecraft left the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 16, 1969....
1. B) Florida
The Apollo 11 spacecraft left the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 16, 1969.
2. B) The Eagle
After the Eagle broke away from the spacecraft's command module, it delivered Armstrong and Aldrin to the moon's surface.
3. C) Apollo 7
Launched on October 11, 1968, it was the first crewed mission in NASA's Apollo programme. It tested the Command and Service Module in Earth’s orbit, paving the way for future lunar missions. The 11-day mission demonstrated critical systems’ performance and marked a successful step toward landing on the Moon.
4. C) Sea of Tranquility
A dark-looking basin on the moon’s near side, the Sea of Tranquility is water-free, despite its popular name. (Early astronauts mistook gray patches on the moon for seas.)
5. A) Michael Collins
The son of a U.S. major general, Collins was born on October 31, 1030, in Rome, Italy. Buzz Aldrin, was born on January 20, 1930, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
6. A) A seismometer set.
It only functioned for 21 days, but the gadget laid the groundwork for later breakthroughs in lunar seismology.
7. B) Parts of a Wright brothers’ airplane
Authentic wood and fabric samples from the historic Wright Flyer plane hitched a ride on the Eagle.
8. C) 21 days
NASA spent three weeks monitoring their astronauts for potential contagions before allowing the men to reintegrate with society. The next two Apollo missions also involved quarantine but after that the requirement was dropped as nothing unusual was ever found.
9. B) ‘That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.’
Many TV viewers thought Armstrong left out the “a” when he spoke but he often insisted the quote only makes sense when it's included. “Magnificent desolation” was Buzz Aldrin's first impression of the moon.
10. C) Richard Nixon
While Armstrong and Aldrin were exploring the moon, they received a long-distance phone call from Richard Nixon himself.