10.2 Recent and Future Missions

One goal of future space exploration is to:

• land a probe on Venus

• land a probe on the Sun

• expand human space travel within the solar system

• land a probe on Mercury

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Steps leading to future human space travel are sending probes to the Sun, Mars, and:

• Venus

• the Moon

• Mercury

• deep within Earth

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To understand the damage the Sun can do to equipment & astronauts, scientists study data from:

• solar probes

• lunar probes

• Earth-based probes

• Moon-based probes

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is orbiting Earth's moon and has been: (choose two)

• taking samples from its surface

• studying geological processes occurring

• retrieving equipment we left

• mapping the surface

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The probes to the inner planets help scientists learn: (choose three)

• how the inner planets formed

• what geologic forces are active on them

• whether they can support life

• what their periods of rotation are

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Messenger was an orbiter sent to the inner planet:

• Mercury

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Spirit and Opportunity are/were ___ sent to Mars.

• orbiters

• rovers

• flybys

• manned spacecraft

Missions to outer planets are long and difficult because:

• planets are so far from Earth

• the planets are so large

• the planets are made of gas

• the planets are too cold

Cassini was the first orbiter sent to:

• Uranus

• Pluto

• Neptune

• Saturn

New Horizons launched in 2006 and was sent to:

• Uranus

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Pluto and beyond

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