Perseverance: Meet the driver who navigates the Mars rover

Verma joined the rover team in 2008, working on the Spirit, Opportunity, and

• Challenge rovers

• Curiosity rovers

• Washington rovers

• Chance rovers

It’s 1:30 a.m. in Pasadena, California but on Mars it is....

• 1:30 am

• 3:30 am

• 2:00 pm

• 6:00 pm

Is Perseverance able to drive further during a given period of time?

• True

• False

Because of the distance between Earth and Mars, it takes about ____ minutes for the commands to reach the rover.

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

Which of these previous rovers are still roaming Mars today?

• Spirit

• Opportunity

• Curiosity

• all of them

What type of glasses does Vandi Verma wear when she gets to work?

• She doesn't wear any glasses.

• Reading glasses

• 3D glasses

• Sunglasses

What is the Deep Space Network, NASA’s interplanetary communications network?

• network is made up of three deep-space communications facilities

• network is made up of two deep-space communications facilities

• network is made up of four deep-space communications facilities

• network is made up of thsix deep-space communications facilities

Verma is the _________ for Robotic Operations for NASA’s Perseverance rover

• chief engineer

• head driver

• chief researcher

• head scientist

Verma operates on Mars from the perspective of the

• computer

• a mirror

• rover

• a fly

All in all, there have been about ___ other rover drivers.

• 5

• 7

• 12

• 16