- Scavenger Hunt -
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1: The engines of the Saturn V launch vehicle that will propel the Apollo spacecraft to the moon have combined horsepower equivalent to how many jet fighters?

 

2:What is the name of the Saturn V designer?

 

3: What were the names of the 2 projects before project Apollo?

 

4: What was the duration of the Apollo 9 mission?

 

5: What were the main 4 goals of the Apollo project?

 

6: What animal is in the Apollo 11 Patch?

 

7: Who was the last man to walk on the moon? What year did that take place?

 

8: How much did the Apollo space suit weight?

 

9: Which Apollo crew was Walt Cunningham on?

 

10: On what day and year did the Soviets launch a 27 year-old fighter pilot to man the world's first space mission?

 

11: On which missions were the Lunar Roving Vehicles (LRV) used to traverse the moon?

 

12: What year was the tragic launch pad accident and who were the astronauts that lost their lives?

 

13: How long (in days or weeks) was the Apollo 15 moon visit?

 

14: What name was Buzz Aldrin born with? Where was he born?

 

15: When was the first 1 million lb thrust engine demonstrated first?

 

 


Scavenger Hunt Answers
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1: 543 jet fighters.
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2: Werner von Braun
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3: Project Mercury and Project Gemini
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4: 6 Days, 3 hours, 0 min, 42 seconds
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5:
To establish the technology to meet other national interests in space;
To achieve preeminence in space for the United States;
To carry out a program of scientific exploration of the Moon; and
To develop man's capability to work in the lunar environment.
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6:Eagle.
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7: Gene Cernan, 1972
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8:180lbs
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9:Apollo 7
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10: April 12th, 1961
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11: Apollo 15, 16 and 17.
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12: January 27th 1967, Edward White, Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee.
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13: 13 days
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14: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. in Montclair, NJ

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15: Jan 1st 1959
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