Apollo 11 Timeline Quiz: Launch, Landing and Splashdown

This Apollo 11 timeline quiz counts down the eight days that took the first people to the Moon and back. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on the Saturn V launch, the crew, Columbia and Eagle, program alarms, the landing, the first step, time on the surface, liftoff, splashdown and quarantine.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Launch
When did Apollo 11 launch?
Rocket
Which rocket launched Apollo 11?
Crew
Who stayed in lunar orbit aboard Columbia?
Lander
What was the lunar module called?
Alarms
Which alarms worried the crew during the descent?
Land
When did Eagle land on the Moon?
Step
About how long after landing did Armstrong step outside?
Walk
About how long did the moonwalk last?
Splash
When did Apollo 11 splash down?
Ship
Which ship recovered the crew?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When did Apollo 11 launch?
Answer: 16 July 1969
It left from Kennedy Space Center.
Q2: Which rocket launched Apollo 11?
Answer: Saturn V
It was the most powerful of its time.
Q3: Who stayed in lunar orbit aboard Columbia?
Answer: Michael Collins
He orbited alone.
Q4: What was the lunar module called?
Answer: Eagle
It carried Armstrong and Aldrin down.
Q5: Which alarms worried the crew during the descent?
Answer: 1202 and 1201 program alarms
Mission Control said go.
Q6: When did Eagle land on the Moon?
Answer: 20 July 1969
It touched down in the Sea of Tranquility.
Q7: About how long after landing did Armstrong step outside?
Answer: About six and a half hours
Preparations took time.
Q8: About how long did the moonwalk last?
Answer: About two and a half hours
They collected rock samples.
Q9: When did Apollo 11 splash down?
Answer: 24 July 1969
It landed in the Pacific.
Q10: Which ship recovered the crew?
Answer: USS Hornet
The president was on board.

Apollo 11 Timeline Quiz – Launch, Landing and Splashdown

Apollo 11 lifted off on a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on 16 July 1969, carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. Three days later it entered orbit around the Moon.

On 20 July Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the lunar module Eagle while Collins stayed in Columbia. Despite 1202 and 1201 program alarms, Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquility, and about six and a half hours later Armstrong stepped onto the surface.

The moonwalk lasted about two and a half hours. Eagle lifted off the next day to rejoin Columbia, and the crew splashed down in the Pacific on 24 July, where USS Hornet picked them up.

What This Quiz Teaches

Space fans will enjoy these questions.

When it launched
Who the crew were
How the landing went
What happened on the surface
How the mission ended

Did You Know?

The crew spent about 21 hours on the Moon in total.
They left a plaque and a flag behind.
The astronauts were quarantined after return.
About 600 million people watched the landing on TV.
Armstrong's first step came late on 20 July US time.