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The Race to the Moon

written by: DieZel

"Everything we do ought to really be tied in to getting on to the moon ahead of the Russians... otherwise we shouldn't be spending that kind of money, because I'm not interested in space... The only justification (for the cost) is because we hope to beat the USSR to demonstrate that instead of being behind by a couple of years, by God, we passed them. " -- J. F. Kennedy

Question 1:

Most people thought a flight to the Moon would be impossible. Many developments had to take place, before it could even be seriously considered. One such development was the launch of the first artificial satellite in space, by the Soviet Union. What was the satellite's name?

Vostok One
Spusk One
Sputnik One
Luna One

Question 2:

This was the second NASA space project. It helped develop the techniques, that made the famous Apollo missions possible. This spacecraft, the most sophisticated of its time, was launched by a converted Titan 2 rocket.

Voyager
Atlas
Gemini
Mercury

Question 3:

Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

False
True

Question 4:

President Kennedy once said "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This was the goal of the Apollo project. Which one of these rockets was used to launch the Apollo spacecraft?

Titan
Ariane
Saturn
Atlas

Question 5:

The project of the Soviet Union, that aimed at the Moon, was the Luna programme. Although all of the Luna missions were unmanned, they were pioneers in many space explorations. Which one of these missions was the first to take pictures of the far side of the Moon?

Luna 9
Luna 12
Luna 2
Luna 3

Question 6:

Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Bill Anders were the three astronauts on Apollo 11.

False
True

Question 7:

On October 24, 1960 a rocket exploded on a launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome and caused the death of over 100 military personnel, engineers, and technicians. While once thought to have been space related, it later became known that the accident was connected with the development of a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The incident was covered up by the Soviet government and did not emerge until the 1990s. What is this incident known as?

R-16 conspiracy
Korolev disaster
Nedelin catastrophe
Yangel incident

Question 8:

The Apollo project suffered some serious setbacks. Apollo 13 was supposed to be the third manned mission to land on the Moon. However, when the spacecraft was 321,860 km (199,994.5 miles) away from the Earth, an accident took place. The mission was canceled and the crew returned to Earth, proving that the spacecraft was capable of dealing with major crisis. What was the cause of this accident.

Explosion of one of the oxygen tanks
Meteoroid impact
Problem with the main engine
Problem with the auxiliary thrusters

Question 9:

The mission of Luna 24 was to collect soil samples from the Moon.

True
False

Question 10:

This was the first joint flight of the two rivals in the race to the Moon. It was also the first international manned spaceflight. A Soviet and an American spacecraft were joined to test the compatibility of their rendezvous and docking systems.

Apollo-Soyuz
Apollo-Luna
Mercury-Salyut
Gemini-Voskhod

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