Mars Rovers

This rover was equipped with a laser and drill to conduct geological tests on the Martian rock with the primary goal of finding out if Mars ever once could have supported life.

• Spirit

• Curiosity

• Opportunity

• Endeavor

This rover launched on June 10, 2003, and landed on Mars 7 months later via an airbag-cushioned, bounce landing on the Martian surface.

• Spirit

• Curiousity

• Endeavor

• Pathfinder

This rover launched a month after its twin rover, Spirit, was launched to Mars.

• Curousity

• Opportunity

• Discovery

The largest mountain in our solar system is ____________________, on Mars.

• Olympus Mons

• Mons Ares

• Mons Olympia

• Hermes Mons

Designed only to last 90 days, Spirit and Opportunity surpassed expectations by several years. Opportunity recently went silent, and while Spirit got stuck in soft sand in May 2009, the rover lasted until ____________ before going silent.

• May 25, 2011

• June 2, 2010

• May 19, 2013

• March 29, 2010

Olympus Mons is 3 times the height of Mt Everest and roughly the area of the state of _________________.

• Maine

• Arizona

• Alaska

• Delaware

How do Mars rovers generate electricity?

• solar panels

• gas generators

• nuclear power plants

• wind turbines

Why is Mars red?

• Oxidation of iron in the soil

• The sun is farther away and looks red from the Martian atmosphere

• It's closer to the sun than earth and got sunburned

Spirit landed at the ___________ crater on Mars.

• Gusev

• Gale

• Olympus

• Hermes

Curiosity landed at which crater?

• Gusev

• Gale

• Olympus

• Hermes