Moon landing MCQs [USA – America] January 8, 2026August 21, 2024 by u930973931_answers 25 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/25 Subscribe 1. . Who was the first person to set foot on the moon? (A) Buzz Aldrin (B) Neil Armstrong (C) Michael Collins (D) Yuri Gagarin 2. . Which Apollo mission was the first to land on the moon? (A) Apollo 11 (B) Apollo 12 (C) Apollo 13 (D) Apollo 14 3. . What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the moon during Apollo 11? (A) Columbia (B) Eagle (C) Orion (D) Discovery 4. . Which Apollo mission famously had to abort its lunar landing due to a malfunction? (A) Apollo 11 (B) Apollo 12 (C) Apollo 13 (D) Apollo 14 5. . What was the name of the command module pilot for Apollo 11? (A) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (B) Michael Collins (C) James Lovell (D) Frank Borman 6. . In which year did the Apollo 11 mission land on the moon? (A) 1967 (B) 1968 (C) 1969 (D) 1970 7. . What was the primary scientific goal of the Apollo 11 mission? (A) Study the Earth's atmosphere (B) Conduct experiments in lunar gravity (C) Collect lunar rocks and soil samples (D) Test new space suits 8. . Which U.S. President was in office when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? (A) John F. Kennedy (B) Lyndon B. Johnson (C) Richard Nixon (D) Gerald Ford 9. . What phrase did Neil Armstrong famously say when he first stepped onto the lunar surface? (A) "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." (B) "The Eagle has landed." (C) "Houston, we have a problem." (D) "To infinity and beyond." 10. . Which Apollo mission was the second to land on the moon? (A) Apollo 11 (B) Apollo 12 (C) Apollo 13 (D) Apollo 14 11. . Who was the astronaut that walked on the moon during Apollo 12? (A) Neil Armstrong (B) Buzz Aldrin (C) Charles Conrad (D) Alan Bean 12. . Which Apollo mission was the first to deploy the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)? (A) Apollo 11 (B) Apollo 12 (C) Apollo 14 (D) Apollo 15 13. . What was the primary purpose of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)? (A) Conduct lunar soil analysis (B) Transport astronauts on the lunar surface (C) Test lunar landing gear (D) Communicate with Earth 14. . What was the name of the lunar module for Apollo 14? (A) Eagle (B) Antares (C) Challenger (D) Endeavour 15. . Who was the third astronaut to walk on the moon? (A) Neil Armstrong (B) Buzz Aldrin (C) Alan Shepard (D) Charles Conrad 16. . Which Apollo mission included the first successful lunar landing after Apollo 11? (A) Apollo 12 (B) Apollo 13 (C) Apollo 14 (D) Apollo 15 17. . What was the name of the lunar module for Apollo 13? (A) Columbia (B) Aquarius (C) Odyssey (D) Endeavour 18. . Which Apollo mission was the last to land on the moon? (A) Apollo 15 (B) Apollo 16 (C) Apollo 17 (D) Apollo 18 19. . What was the name of the lunar module for Apollo 16? (A) Orion (B) Falcon (C) Challenger (D) Casper 20. . Which Apollo mission had the lunar module named “Falcon”? (A) Apollo 11 (B) Apollo 12 (C) Apollo 15 (D) Apollo 16 21. . Who was the last person to walk on the moon? (A) Eugene Cernan (B) Harrison Schmitt (C) Neil Armstrong (D) Alan Bean 22. . What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar landing site? (A) Sea of Tranquility (B) Oceanus Procellarum (C) Copernicus Crater (D) Aristarchus Plateau 23. . What scientific instrument did Apollo 11 deploy on the lunar surface to measure moonquakes? (A) Seismometer (B) Magnetometer (C) Spectrometer (D) Photometer 24. . Which astronaut was the command module pilot for Apollo 12? (A) Alan Bean (B) Charles Conrad (C) Richard Gordon (D) Edgar Mitchell 25. . What was the purpose of the Lunar Module Descent Engine (LMDE) on Apollo missions? (A) To land on the moon (B) To launch the lunar module from the moon (C) To orbit the moon (D) To conduct scientific experiments