APOLLO 13 TEST NAME: ________________________ HR.___

___ 1. Which country was the first to enter into space?

a. USSR b. England c. United States d. Japan

___ 2. What country landed on the moon first?

a. USSR b. England c. United States d. Japan

___ 3. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

a. Jim Lovell b. Ken Mattingly c. Neil Armstrong d. Chuck Yaeger

___ 4. Which of the following was the first mission in space for Jim Lovell?

a. Apollo 13 b. Apollo 8 c. Genesis 17 d. Gemini 7

___ 5. Name the three-man crew of the Apollo 13 mission.

a. Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin

b. Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Buzz Aldrin

c. Jack Swiggert, Ken Mattingly, Fred Haise

d. Fred Haise, Jack Swiggert, Jim Lovell

___ 6. Who was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission?

a. Jim Lovell b. Ken Mattingly c. Neil Armstrong d. Chuck Yaeger

___ 7. Ken Mattingly was pulled from the mission just days before it was scheduled to blast off because he was exposed to a ______ virus.

a. chickenpox b. HIV c. flu d. measles

___ 8. In the footage of the moon landing, the surface of the moon appeared to be much like:

a. a foot of mud b. 2 in. of sand c. cement d. a foot of water

___ 9. What was the date of the world's first moon landing?

a. July 20, 1959 b. July 20, 1969 c. Oct. 30, 1970 d. May 1, 1961

___ 10. Who was suppose to be the commander of the Apollo 13 mission?

a. Alan Shepherd b. Buzz Aldrin c. Neil Armstrong d. Chuck Yaeger

___ 11. What is the name of the small section of the rocket that is also the unit that carries the astronauts back to earth?

a. shuttle b. module c. ship d. flask

___ 12. What was the date the Apollo 13 mission was launched?

a. May 20, 1959 b. May 20, 1963 c. Apr. 12, 1974 d. Apr. 11, 1970

___ 13. The first initial problem with the Apollo 13 mission was when the astronauts began to test the:

a. hydrogen system b. toilet c. oxygen system d. water system

___ 14. Ultimately, shuting down the react valves to stop the leaking caused the Apollo 13 to:

a. blow up b. cancel landing on moon c. turn in circles d. spin

___ 15. Who became fairly sick during the end of the Apollo 13 mission?

a. Gene Kranz b. Fred Haise c. Jim Lovell d. Jack Swiggert

___ 16. Who was the flight controller down at NASA's flight control?

a. Gene Kranz b. Ken Mattingly c. Alan Shepherd d. Jack Swiggert

___ 17. A make-shift filter was created down at NASA to help the crew battle the increasing amounts of _____ that was poisoning the crew.

a. carbon monoxide b. carbon dioxide c. oxygen d. urine

___ 18. What gas did Lovell report seeing leaking from the side of the ship?

a. carbon monoxide b. carbon dioxide c. oxygen d. helium

___ 19. About how many days did the entire mission last for the Apollo 13?

a. 10 b. 7 c. 3 d. 13

___ 20. Who coined the popular phrase "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"?

a. Gene Kranz b. Ken Mattingly c. Alan Shepherd d. Neil Armstrong

___ 21. Complete the phrase: The _______ of Tranquility.

a. Ocean b. Mountain c. Sea d. Ship

___ 22. Who came to the "rescue" by going into the module simulator to help make the cruicial decisions on how best to get the Apollo 13 back?

a. Buzz Aldrin b. Gene Kranz c. Alan Shepherd d. Ken Mattingly

___ 23. What mission were the three Apollo 13 astronauts suppose to be on?

a. Apollo 15 b. Apollo 14 b. Apollo 19 c. Apollo 16

___ 24. Jim Lovell's first trip around the moon was on:

a. Apollo 13 b. Apollo 8 c. Genesis 17 d. Gemini 20

___ 25. The number '13' was suppose to be mysterious in a number of ways on this Apollo mission, including that the mission would be "where" on April 13 of the mission?

a. Back to earth already b. In the moon's gravitational pull

c. On earth, ready to launch d. Still on the moon's surface

EXTRA CREDIT (Add 1 pt. only if correct!)

___ What was Jim Lovell's wife's name?

a. Alice b. Judy c. Marilyn d. Elizabeth