Test: Mission Moon - Class 8 MCQ

Apollo 11, launched by NASA in 1969, was the first mission to land humans on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.

Neil Armstrong was the first human to step on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission.

The lunar module Eagle carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon’s surface during Apollo 11.

The Soviet Union’s Luna 2 was the first human-made object to impact the Moon in 1959.

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) launched Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2, and Chandrayaan-3 missions to explore the Moon.

Chandrayaan-1, launched by ISRO in 2008, confirmed the presence of water molecules on the Moon using its Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument.

Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023, with the goal of a successful soft landing on the Moon’s south pole.

China’s Chang’e-4 mission became the first to land on the far side of the Moon in 2019.

The Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover, launched in 1970, was the first remotely operated rover on the Moon.

Pragyan is the rover carried by Chandrayaan-3, designed to explore the Moon’s surface.

The Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon and establish a sustainable lunar base for future exploration.

Apollo 17, in 1972, was the last mission to land humans on the Moon.

Christina Koch has been selected to be part of the Artemis program and could be the first woman on the Moon.

The Moon’s gravity is about 1/6th that of Earth, meaning objects weigh less on the Moon.

Argon is the most common gas in the Moon’s thin exosphere.

Chandrayaan-2's lander Vikram crashed during descent in 2019.

Chang'e 5 was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission.

Helium-3 is a potential fuel for fusion energy and is found in abundance on the Moon.

China and Russia plan to build a lunar research station in the 2030s.

The Moon takes 27.3 days to complete one orbit around Earth.