Quiz #2: Perseverance & Ingenuity Lands on Mars

When did Perseverance land on Mars?

• Feb. 18, 2020

• Feb. 18, 2021

• Feb. 20, 2021

• Jan. 18, 2021

How far is Mars from Earth?

• 131 miles

• 131,000 miles

• 131 million miles

• 131 billion miles

What is the Entry, Descent, and Landing procedure also called?

• 7 miles of terror

• 7 hours of terror

• 7 minutes of terror

• 7 days of terror

Which of these happens first?

• The rover enters the Mars atmosphere.

• The rover sheds the cruise stage.

• The rover releases the heat shield.

• The parachute is deployed.

How hot does the spacecraft get as it enters the atmosphere?

• 2,370 degrees Fahrenheit

• 2 million degrees Fahrenheit

• 237 degrees Fahrenheit

• 1,000 degrees Celsius

What keeps the rover from getting hot in the space craft as it enters the atmosphere?

• heat shield

• cruise stage

• solar panels

• parachute

How fast is the spacecraft going when it enters Mars' atmosphere?

• 12,000 miles per hour

• 12 million miles per hour

• 1,200 miles per hour

• 120 miles per hour

When the supersonic parachute opens to slow down the space craft, how large is it?

• 7,000 feet in diameter

• 700 feet in diameter

• 70 feet in diameter

• 70 square meters

The descent stage separates from the heat shield and parachute when it is how far above the ground?

• 69,000 miles

• 6,900 miles

• 690 miles

• 69 miles

Which part has 8 booster rockets attached to it?

• cruise stage

• descent stage

• entry stage

• sky crane