A.U2.Q2

This NASA program encapsulated many missions, but their motto was "Faster, Better, Cheaper".

• Discovery

• Great Observatories

• Luna

• Mariner

Answer explanation

Mariner was exploring the inner SS.

Luna was Soviet Moon missions.

Great Observatories were telescopes.

This early NASA space program was meant to study the Earth's magnetic field and became NASA's first permanent orbiter.

• Explorer

• Mariner

• Curiosity

• Luna

Answer explanation

Mariner was meant to explore the inner SS.

Luna was Soviet.

Curiosity was a Mars Rover.

This umbrella program was exclusively for very expensive and low risk missions. The new James Webb telescope is part of this program.

• Discovery

• Mariner

• SkyLab

• Flagship

Answer explanation

Discovery was "faster, better, cheaper". Quick missions that had higher chances of failure.

Mariner was exploring the inner SS.

SkyLab was the first US space station.

The Hubble Spaced based telescope is a part of this program.

• Great Observatories

• SkyLab

• Salyut

• Explorer

Answer explanation

Hubble, Compton, Chandra, and Spitzer all measured different regions of the EM spectrum.

This Soviet program was responsible for putting the first wheeled rover on the moon.

• Luna

• Mir

• Mariner

• Flagship

Answer explanation

Mir was the first modular space station.

The purpose of the Mariner missions was to...?

• study the inner SS

• study the outer SS

• practice orbiting planets

• practice gravitational assists

Answer explanation

had to practice those maneuvers close earth... interior of the SS. Then we used those maneuvers to reach the outer SS.

What are the primary reasons we keep going back to Mars?

• Evidence of Water and the hunt for extraterrestrial life.

• Practice entrance and departures from other planets, like Apollo did with the moon.

• Study Geological cycles of another planet to aid in our understanding of planet formation.

• Because Earth sucks.

The primary focus of the Pioneer program was to...

• study interplanetary space and weather.

• study Mercury.

• be the first to achieve orbit around the Earth.

• gather data on the geography of Mars.

The program that kicked off the Space Race.

• Sputnik

• Voyager

• Apollo

• Mercury

This NASA program paved the way for Apollo. It was our trial runs for 'soft landings' - controlled descents onto celestial objects.

• Pioneer

• SkyLab

• Surveyor

• Voyager