Question 1

True or false: Apollo 15 was the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon.

Accepted Answer

True. Apollo 15 debuted the LRV, a battery-powered rover that let astronauts explore farther from the lander.

Question 2

True or false: Apollo 15 astronauts collected a sample of 'Genesis Rock' believed to be from the Moon's primordial crust.

Accepted Answer

True. They found anorthosite 15415, nicknamed the Genesis Rock, thought to be over 4 billion years old from the early lunar crust.

Question 3

True or false: Apollo 15's Lunar Module Falcon landed on the Moon with less than 30 seconds of fuel remaining.

Accepted Answer

False. Apollo 15 actually landed with a comfortable fuel margin, about 105 seconds of hover time remaining.

Question 4

True or false: The crew of Apollo 15 included a geologist who trained the astronauts before launch.

Accepted Answer

False. No geologist flew on Apollo 15—the crew were all test pilots. Astronaut-geologist Harrison Schmitt flew later on Apollo 17.

Question 5

True or false: Apollo 15 carried a flag that had been flown over the U.S. Capitol before launch.

Accepted Answer

False. The flag left on the Moon by Apollo 15 was a standard 3x5-foot nylon U.S. flag, not one that had been previously flown over the Capitol. No Apollo mission carried such a ceremonial flag.

Question 6

True or false: Apollo 15 astronauts left a small aluminum sculpture on the Moon called the Fallen Astronaut.

Accepted Answer

True. They placed a statuette and a plaque honoring 14 fallen astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts, without NASA's official approval.

Question 7

True or false: Apollo 15 was the first mission to perform a spacewalk in deep space en route to the Moon.

Accepted Answer

True. Apollo 15's Command Module Pilot Al Worden performed the first deep-space EVA on the return trip to retrieve film cassettes from the service module's SIM bay, marking the first spacewalk in deep space beyond Earth orbit.

Question 8

True or false: Apollo 15's command module was named 'Endeavour' after the ship of explorer James Cook.

Accepted Answer

True. The command module was indeed named Endeavour after HMS Endeavour, the ship of Captain James Cook. The Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched later, was also named after this ship.

Apollo 15 Trivia Questions