Q 01/05

From which US state did every Saturn V lift off?

A) Texas

B) Alabama

C) California

D) Florida

Answer · why

D) Florida

Florida's Atlantic coast let the giant spent stages fall harmlessly into the sea, and its southerly latitude gave each launch a bigger push from Earth...

Q 02/05

Which president's 1961 challenge to land a man on the Moon within the decade set the Saturn V's deadline?

A) Dwight Eisenhower

B) Lyndon Johnson

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Richard Nixon

Answer · why

C) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy set the goal before Congress in May 1961, only weeks after America's first astronaut had made a 15-minute hop into space.

Q 03/05

Which Apollo mission's Saturn V was struck twice by lightning moments after lift-off?

A) Apollo 11

B) Apollo 14

C) Apollo 13

D) Apollo 12

Answer · why

D) Apollo 12

Apollo 12 launched into rain and the strikes scrambled the spacecraft's instruments, but switching to an auxiliary power supply restored the data and ...

Q 04/05

What was the payload of the final Saturn V launch in 1973?

A) Apollo 17

B) Skylab

C) A Voyager probe

D) Apollo-Soyuz

Answer · why

B) Skylab

Skylab rode a two-stage Saturn V, and a shield that tore off during the climb left it overheating until its first crew rigged a sunshade in orbit.

Q 05/05

A Saturn V on the pad stood about 60 feet taller than which landmark?

A) Eiffel Tower

B) Washington Monument

C) Statue of Liberty

D) Great Pyramid

Answer · why

C) Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty reaches 305 feet from the ground to her torch; the Saturn V stood 363 feet, the height of a 36-storey building, yet every stage ...