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List of missions to the Moon - Quiz
List of missions to the Moon
  • 1. Why were the Apollo missions beyond Apollo 17 cancelled?
A) International treaty restrictions
B) Lack of public interest
C) Failure of the lunar modules
D) Budget constraints and hardware delays
  • 2. Which program was intended to replace the Apollo program's focus?
A) The Constellation Program
B) Space Shuttle and Skylab
C) The Artemis Program
D) The Grand Tour program
  • 3. When was the Constellation program cancelled?
A) June 2024
B) April 2018
C) November 2022
D) October 2010
  • 4. Which committee cancelled the Constellation program?
A) The Space Shuttle Committee
B) The Lunar Exploration Board
C) The Artemis Steering Group
D) The Augustine Committee
  • 5. What was the purpose of the Constellation program?
A) To launch commercial satellites
B) To establish a permanent Mars base
C) To return astronauts to the Moon by 2020
D) To build a new space station
  • 6. Which spacecraft from the Constellation program was spared and eventually launched?
A) Ares I
B) Ares V
C) Altair
D) Orion
  • 7. What was the Resource Prospector mission?
A) A satellite communications relay
B) A rover survey expedition on a polar region
C) A deep space telescope
D) A human landing mission
  • 8. In what year was the Resource Prospector mission cancelled?
A) 2018
B) 2013
C) 2010
D) 2020
  • 9. Which mission did India repurpose its orbiter for in 2013?
A) Chandrayaan-2
B) Chandrayaan-3
C) Mars Orbiter Mission
D) Fobos-Grunt
  • 10. Why did the Indo-Russian collaboration for a moon mission end?
A) Funding was cut by the Indian government
B) The orbiter was damaged during testing
C) Russia failed to provide a lander in time
D) India lost interest in lunar exploration
  • 11. What was the primary role of Russia in the proposed Indo-Russian joint mission?
A) Develop the rover
B) Launch the composite
C) Develop the orbiter
D) Develop the lander
  • 12. Who financed the unrealized tourist mission known as DearMoon?
A) The Japanese government
B) SpaceX
C) A consortium of civilians
D) Yusaku Maezawa
  • 13. When was the DearMoon mission cancelled?
A) April 2018
B) November 2022
C) October 2010
D) June 1, 2024
  • 14. What vehicle was the DearMoon mission intended to use?
A) Orion spacecraft
B) Space Shuttle
C) Ares V rocket
D) SpaceX Starship
  • 15. Which Apollo mission was the final landing mission?
A) Apollo 19
B) Apollo 20
C) Apollo 17
D) Apollo 18
  • 16. In what year did continuous lunar exploration begin?
A) 1966
B) 1968
C) 1960
D) 1959
  • 17. What mission achieved the first intentional impact on the Moon?
A) Luna 2
B) Luna 1
C) Luna 9
D) Luna 3
  • 18. Which mission first imaged the far side of the Moon?
A) Luna 3
B) Luna 2
C) Luna 9
D) Luna 1
  • 19. What mission achieved the first controlled soft landing on the Moon?
A) Luna 9
B) Luna 10
C) Apollo 11
D) Luna 2
  • 20. Which spacecraft was the first to enter lunar orbit?
A) Luna 3
B) Luna 10
C) Apollo 8
D) Luna 9
  • 21. What living creatures were carried on the Zond 5 mission?
A) Mice
B) Monkeys
C) Dogs
D) Tortoises
  • 22. Who was the first human to set foot on the Moon?
A) Buzz Aldrin
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Michael Collins
D) Yuri Gagarin
  • 23. What Soviet mission was orbiting the Moon during the Apollo 11 landing?
A) Luna 15
B) Zond 5
C) Luna 10
D) Luna 9
  • 24. What was the name of the first extraterrestrial rover programme?
A) Lunokhod
B) Apollo
C) Yutu
D) Luna
  • 25. What mission landed in the Aitken basin on the far side of the Moon in 2019?
A) Luna 9
B) Chang'e 4
C) Chang'e 6
D) Luna 3
  • 26. Which mission collected the first samples from the Moon's far side?
A) Luna 15
B) Chang'e 4
C) Apollo 11
D) Chang'e 6
  • 27. Which company developed the first commercial mission to the Moon?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) ESA
D) LuxSpace
  • 28. Which mission served as a radio astronomy satellite in lunar orbit?
A) Luna 10
B) Luna 15
C) Explorer 49
D) Zond 5
  • 29. How many successful Apollo landings were carried out between 1969 and 1972?
A) Six
B) Four
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 30. How many countries have successfully performed soft landings on the Moon as of March 2025?
A) Six
B) Two
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 31. Which country conducted all of the crewed soft landings on the Moon?
A) China
B) India
C) Soviet Union
D) United States
  • 32. Which country carried out all of the soft landings on the far side of the Moon?
A) United States
B) China
C) India
D) Japan
  • 33. What is the total number of missions to the Moon listed, including failed ones?
A) 2025
B) 28
C) 145
D) 6
  • 34. Which mission achieved a soft landing near the lunar south pole?
A) Soyuz 7K-LOK
B) Beresheet
C) Chandrayaan-3
D) Soyuz 7K-L1
  • 35. Which rocket was intended to launch the Soviet Soyuz 7K-L1 mission?
A) Soyuz
B) Nova-C
C) Proton-K
D) N1
  • 36. Which spacecraft was noted as achieving an impactor milestone incidentally?
A) Odysseus
B) Chandrayaan-3
C) Beresheet
D) Apollo 11
  • 37. Besides Chandrayaan-3, which other mission is credited with a soft landing near the lunar south pole?
A) Soyuz 7K-LOK
B) IM-1 Nova-C Odysseus
C) LK Lander
D) Proton-K
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