Q 01/05

Which agency leads the Artemis program?

A) JAXA

B) Roscosmos

C) ESA

D) NASA

Answer · why

D) NASA

International partners contribute hardware such as Orion's European Service Module.

Q 02/05

The program is named after the Greek goddess who is the twin sister of which god?

A) Ares

B) Hephaestus

C) Apollo

D) Hermes

Answer · why

C) Apollo

The name deliberately echoes NASA's 1960s Moon-landing program.

Q 03/05

Which December 2017 presidential order formally established the program?

A) Space Policy Directive 1

B) National Space Act 3

C) Moon to Mars Directive

D) Executive Order 13803

Answer · why

A) Space Policy Directive 1

It called for a US-led human return to the Moon followed by missions to Mars.

Q 04/05

Which NASA administrator announced the Artemis name in May 2019?

A) Charles Bolden

B) Bill Nelson

C) Jim Bridenstine

D) Jared Isaacman

Answer · why

C) Jim Bridenstine

Two months earlier Vice President Pence had pulled the landing target forward to 2024.

Q 05/05

Which cancelled NASA program supplied the Orion spacecraft and booster designs to Artemis?

A) Journey to Mars

B) Ares Direct

C) Freedom

D) Constellation

Answer · why

D) Constellation

Constellation's Ares I and Ares V rockets were cancelled in 2010.