What was the name of the first successful Mars rover mission?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Opportunity
Answer: B) Pathfinder
Which NASA rover landed on Mars in 2012?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What was the primary mission goal of the Mars Curiosity rover?
A) Search for microbial life
B) Analyze Martian soil and rocks
C) Test new landing technology
D) Map the Martian surface
Answer: B) Analyze Martian soil and rocks
Which rover was the first to explore the Martian surface and send images back to Earth?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Viking 1
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Viking 1
What was the name of the lander that carried the Opportunity rover to Mars?
A) Viking 2
B) Pathfinder
C) Beagle 2
D) Spirit
Answer: B) Pathfinder
Which Mars rover is known for its mission to explore the Jezero Crater?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: D) Perseverance
What year did the Mars rover Spirit land on Mars?
A) 2001
B) 2003
C) 2005
D) 2007
Answer: B) 2003
Which NASA rover is famous for discovering evidence of water on Mars?
A) Viking 1
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
Which Mars mission was the first to successfully land a rover on the Red Planet?
A) Viking 1
B) Viking 2
C) Pathfinder
D) Curiosity
Answer: C) Pathfinder
What was the primary objective of the Mars Viking missions?
A) Search for life
B) Analyze Martian atmosphere
C) Map the Martian surface
D) Test new landing techniques
Answer: A) Search for life
Which NASA rover carried the instrument “Sample Analysis at Mars” (SAM)?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What was the name of the first successful Mars rover to operate beyond its expected lifetime?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
Which Mars rover mission included the “Rover Environmental Monitoring Station” (REMS)?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
In which year did the Mars rover Opportunity cease communications after a dust storm?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2018
D) 2019
Answer: C) 2018
What was the name of the Mars rover that carried the “SuperCam” instrument?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: D) Perseverance
Which Mars rover discovered evidence of ancient lake beds on Mars?
A) Viking 1
B) Spirit
C) Opportunity
D) Curiosity
Answer: D) Curiosity
What was the name of the landing system used by the Curiosity rover?
A) Skycrane
B) Airbag
C) Parachute
D) Rocket landing
Answer: A) Skycrane
Which NASA rover mission was known for discovering hematite deposits on Mars?
A) Viking 1
B) Spirit
C) Opportunity
D) Curiosity
Answer: C) Opportunity
Which Mars rover was designed to be a “reconnaissance vehicle” for future human missions?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: D) Perseverance
What was the name of the lander that deployed the Phoenix Mars Lander?
A) Viking 2
B) Pathfinder
C) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
D) Mars Express
Answer: C) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Which Mars mission was the first to detect organic molecules on the Martian surface?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What is the primary mission of the Perseverance rover?
A) Search for signs of past life
B) Test new landing techniques
C) Map the Martian surface in detail
D) Study Martian weather patterns
Answer: A) Search for signs of past life
Which Mars rover used a drill to collect samples from the Martian surface?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What year did the Mars rover Opportunity land on Mars?
A) 2001
B) 2003
C) 2005
D) 2007
Answer: B) 2003
Which Mars rover was known for its “Mission to Mars” feature, exploring the Martian terrain with high-resolution cameras?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
What is the name of the instrument on Curiosity used for measuring the atmospheric pressure on Mars?
A) REMS
B) SAM
C) ChemCam
D) RAD
Answer: A) REMS
Which Mars rover mission was the first to test the technique of in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: D) Perseverance
Which Mars mission was the first to land at the Martian North Pole?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Phoenix Mars Lander
D) Curiosity
Answer: C) Phoenix Mars Lander
Which rover was the first to use a suite of instruments for detecting and analyzing Martian rocks and soil?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Spirit
D) Curiosity
Answer: D) Curiosity
What is the name of the helicopter that flew on Mars during the Perseverance mission?
A) Phoenix
B) Ingenuity
C) Spirit
D) Opportunity
Answer: B) Ingenuity
Which Mars rover found evidence of past water flow in the Gale Crater?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What is the primary power source for the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity?
A) Nuclear power
B) Solar panels
C) Lithium batteries
D) Radioisotope thermoelectric generators
Answer: B) Solar panels
What was the major goal of the Mars Science Laboratory mission?
A) Study Martian geology
B) Test new landing technologies
C) Search for microbial life
D) Examine Mars’ moons
Answer: A) Study Martian geology
Which mission was the first to successfully land a rover on the Martian surface in 2021?
A) Curiosity
B) Opportunity
C) Perseverance
D) Viking 1
Answer: C) Perseverance
What year did the Mars rover Curiosity land on Mars?
A) 2008
B) 2010
C) 2012
D) 2014
Answer: C) 2012
Which Mars rover was known for conducting a detailed geological survey of the Martian surface using its “Rover Environmental Monitoring Station” (REMS)?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
Which Mars rover was named after a character from the “Wizard of Oz” series?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
What was the name of the rover that operated on Mars from 2004 until 2018?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
Which Mars mission included the “MastCam” for high-resolution imaging of the Martian surface?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
Which Mars rover mission focused on exploring the Martian southern hemisphere?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
What is the primary purpose of the Mars Sample Return mission?
A) Collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth
B) Map the Martian surface in detail
C) Search for signs of life
D) Test new landing technologies
Answer: A) Collect samples from Mars and return them to Earth
Which NASA rover mission was the first to land on Mars’ Gale Crater?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
Which instrument on the Curiosity rover is used to analyze the chemical composition of Martian soil?
A) ChemCam
B) SAM
C) REMS
D) RAD
Answer: B) SAM
Which rover was specifically designed to investigate Mars’ climate and geology and search for signs of past microbial life?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: D) Perseverance
What was the name of the Mars mission that successfully tested a new technique for producing oxygen from Martian CO2?
A) Viking 1
B) Curiosity
C) Perseverance
D) Phoenix
Answer: C) Perseverance
Which rover carried the “Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer” (APXS) to analyze Martian rock compositions?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: A) Spirit
Which Mars rover was known for its extended mission in exploring the “Endurance Crater”?
A) Spirit
B) Opportunity
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: B) Opportunity
What was the name of the instrument on the Curiosity rover that used laser spectroscopy to analyze Martian rocks?
A) SAM
B) ChemCam
C) RAD
D) REMS
Answer: B) ChemCam
Which Mars mission was the first to demonstrate that Mars has seasons?
A) Viking 1
B) Pathfinder
C) Curiosity
D) Perseverance
Answer: C) Curiosity
What was the name of the NASA mission that included the rover “Spirit” and “Opportunity”?
A) Viking
B) Pathfinder
C) Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
D) Mars Science Laboratory
Answer: C) Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)