Q 01/05

In which years did the Apollo program run?

A) 1961 to 1972

B) 1963 to 1975

C) 1965 to 1978

D) 1969 to 1981

Answer · why

A) 1961 to 1972

The first crewed flight did not come until 1968, seven years after Kennedy set the goal.

Q 02/05

President Kennedy set the goal of landing a man on the Moon in an address to Congress in which year?

A) 1959

B) 1961

C) 1963

D) 1965

Answer · why

B) 1961

The May 25 speech promised to do it before the decade was out; Apollo 11 made the deadline with five months to spare.

Q 03/05

Which NASA manager named the Apollo program, saying he did it 'like I'd name my baby'?

A) Abe Silverstein

B) James Webb

C) Robert Gilruth

D) George Mueller

Answer · why

A) Abe Silverstein

He picked the name at home one evening in early 1960, feeling Apollo riding his chariot across the Sun suited the scale of the plan.

Q 04/05

Apollo was conceived in 1960 as a follow-up to which earlier NASA program?

A) Project Gemini

B) Project Mercury

C) Project Vanguard

D) Project Ranger

Answer · why

B) Project Mercury

Mercury capsules carried one astronaut; Apollo was designed from the start to carry three.

Q 05/05

At its peak, roughly how many people did the Apollo program employ?

A) 40,000

B) 100,000

C) 400,000

D) 1 million

Answer · why

C) 400,000

It also drew on more than 20,000 firms and universities and took over half of NASA's spending in the 1960s.