The Hindu Science Quiz Apollo 11, Chandrayaan and more
(FILES) In this NASA handout file photo taken on July 20, 1969 US astronauts Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin deploy the US flag on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
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Which American President felt pressure to beat the then Soviet Union in the space race and announced the dramatic goal of putting an American on the Moon?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
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Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. Who are they?
- They could have been the first Americans to get to space
- They were the first Americans to get to space
- They were the crew of NASA's Mercury Missions, the precusor to the Apollo Missions
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Which of the following Apollo Missions was the first American one to get to space?
- Apollo 1
- Apollo 7
- Apollo 3
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What does the term “Earthrise” refer to?
- Photo of Earth taken by Neil Armstrong from the Moon
- Photo of Earth taken by a crew member of Apollo 8 spacecraft orbiting the Moon
- Photo of Earth taken by the International Space Station
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We know Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But do you know who was the third crew member who was aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft?
- Thomas Stafford
- Eugene Cernan
- Michael Collins
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Which of the following is true about Apollo 10, the predecessor of the Moon landing spacecraft?
- Its lunar module’s docking was the first colour television transmission from space
- It took the first crewed flight around the Moon
- It was the first to carry a lunar module into orbit
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When did the U.S. end its lunar flights?
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By when does the U.S. want to go back to the Moon, “this time to stay”?
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What is common between the Chandrayaan 2 mission and the NASA’s mission to go back to the Moon?
- The Lunar North Pole
- The Lunar South Pole
- The dark side of the Moon
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Which was the last Apollo mission?
- Apollo 17
- Apollo 12
- Apollo 13