Frequently Asked Questions

When was NASA founded?|July 29th 1958|| When was Apollo 11 launched?|July 16th 1969|| When did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?|July 21st 1969|| Who were the Apollo 11 crew?|Neil A. Amrstrong, Micheal Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" E.Aldrin Jr|| How long did the Apollo 11 mission last?|8 days and 3 hours|| How long were the Apollo 11 crew in quarantine?|21 days|| What was the Cold War?|A period of heightened tensions between the USA and the USSR (now Russia)|| Where did Apollo 11 launch from?|Cape Kennedy (now known as Cape Canaveral), Florida, USA|| What was Discovery?|A space shuttle that was part of NASA's Space Shuttle program, designed to allow humans to enter low Earth orbit cost effectively|| How many missions did Discovery have?|39 missions, over a span of 27 years|| How long did Discovery spend in orbit?|365 days in total|| How many miles did Discovery travel?|Almost 150 million miles|| Why did the Shuttle program end?|It was actually deemed more expensive than traditional rockets|| What is Perseverance?|The most recent Mars rover from NASA|| When did Perseverance land on Mars?|February 18th 2021, after 7 months in transit|| What is Ingenuity?|A small robotic helicopter taken to Mars as part of the Perseverance rover|| What is the Voyager/Grand Tour Program?|Two space probes launched in 1977 to study the outer planets of the solar system|| How long has Voyager 2 been in Space?|As of April 2022, it has spent 44 years in Space! How many lines of code does the ISS use?|On the US segment, it has 1||5 million lines of code|| When is the ISS going to be decommisioned?|It is set to end in 2031