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ALL EYES ON THE MOON: FLASH BACK

UNDERSTANDING THE TRIVIA

ARTEMIS PROGRAM By Mick Harper
Questions:

1. Who released the most success-
ful version of “Teen Angel”?
2. Who was John Henry
Deutschendorf Jr?
3. Name Kris Kristofferson’s only
No. 1 chart-topper.
4. Who wrote and released “Wild
World”?
5. Name the song that contains

Wednesday, April 1, 2026, may according to NASA. Under Artemis, this lyric: “I’ve traveled far, the
have been April Fool’s Day, but astronauts will go on increasingly land and the sea, Beautiful plac-
there was no fooling around when difficult missions to explore more es I happened to be, One little
NASA’s Artemis II mission launched of the moon for scientific purposes town I’ll never forget.”
into space at 6:25 p.m. EDT from and economic benefits. There’s also
Kennedy Space Center in Florida. the prize of the U.S. sending the Answers:
As many people’s eyes were on the first crewed mission to Mars in the
sky or watching their televisions future. 1. Mark Dinning, in 1959. Many
and tablets, this flight marked the radio stations tried to ban the
first time a manned U.S. craft had Those who were excited to witness teen tragedy song from airplay,
been sent toward the moon since this history-making event back in but Dinning’s version managed
Apollo 17 in 1972. While Artemis II April should be pleased to learn to climb the charts anyway,
was not a space shuttle (it used the this is only the beginning. NASA ending up as No. 1 on the Hot
Orion capsule for crew transport) has plans to keep the Artemis 100. It was used in the “American
the mission generated a great deal momentum running in the years Graffiti” film in 1973.
of excitement surrounding space ahead. Artemis III (2027) will be 2. John Denver. He died in 1997
exploration. when his plane crashed into
designed to test commercial lunar Monterey Bay. The National
The crew aboard the Artemis II landers and put astronauts back Transportation Safety Board
mission, which included three on the moon. There are plans to (NTSB) later concluded that the
American astronauts, Reid Wiseman, send two Artemis missions to the crash was a result of Denver not
Victor Glover and Christina Koch, moon in 2028 to continue to build switching fuel tanks.
as well as Canadian Space Agency a sustainable presence and develop 3. “Why Me Lord,” in 1973 on the
astronaut Jeremy Hansen, didn’t moon infrastructure for permanent country chart.
land on the moon; the excursion was lunar exploration. Subsequent 4. Cat Stevens, in 1970.
a 10-day journey around the moon missions will be planned roughly 5. “The Village of St. Bernadette,”
and back. It followed the Artemis I once per year. by Andy Williams, in 1960.
mission in 2022, which tested the Bernadette Soubirous, also
Orion spacecraft and the SLS rocket. Space exploration is once again known as Bernadette of
However, the goal of the Artemis exciting the general public, with the Lourdes, was a French girl who
program in general is a gradual step Artemis program making headway experienced apparitions that
toward long-term return to the to consistent exploration beyond the asked her to have a chapel built
moon and future missions to Mars, Earth’s atmosphere. in a cave.