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Opportunity and spirit

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which rover was designated as MER-A?

a)

Spirit

b)

Opportunity

2.

How much longer was opportunity active than spirit?

a)

3729 sols

b)

129 sols

c)

485 sols

d)

1284 sols

3.

In which year were both rovers launched?

a)

2001

b)

2003

c)

2005

d)

1999

4.

Where did Spirit land?

a)

Meridiani planum

b)

Gusev crater

c)

Jezero crater

d)

Gale crater

5.

On which rocket were the MER rovers launched?

a)

delta III

b)

Delta II

c)

Atlas III

d)

Titan IV

6.

Which rover flew on the heavy variant of delta II?

a)

Spirit

b)

Opportunity

c)

None

7.

Via which satellite dish were the final commands to opportunity sent?

a)

Goldstone DSCC

b)

Canberra

c)

Arecibo

d)

Dishes at JPL

8.

How many wheels are on the MER rovers?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

9.

Which memorabilia are on both the rovers?

a)

Pieces of the wright brothers’ plane

b)

WTC pieces

c)

Pieces of colombus’ Santa Maria

d)

Pieces of Challenger

10.

True or false: both rovers have an asteroid named after them

a)

True

b)

False

11.

How is the Spirit landing station called?

a)

Challenger memorial station

b)

Columbia memorial station

c)

Apollo 1 memorial station

d)

Spirit station

12.

Which part of Spirit’s control system had an anomaly?

a)

Flash memory

b)

RAM

c)

ROM

d)

Storage

13.

How was the first rock to be grinded on mars called?

a)

Adirondack

b)

Ragnarock

c)

Tragarack

d)

Togotodock