June 8, 2025

Space Missions: Test Your Knowledge on Human and Robotic Explorations Beyond Earth

Questions

  1. Which spacecraft was the first to land humans on the Moon during the Apollo program?
  2. What was the name of the rover that NASA sent to Mars in 2012 to explore Gale Crater?
  3. Which space agency launched the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit in 1990?
  4. What was the primary goal of the Voyager 1 mission launched in 1977?
  5. Which spacecraft was the first to reach the surface of a comet, and what was the comet’s name?
  6. In which year did the International Space Station (ISS) first become operational?
  7. What was the name of the Mars helicopter that made the first powered flight on another planet?
  8. Which mission was the first to successfully land a spacecraft on Venus, returning data about its surface?
  9. What is the name of the space telescope that replaced the Hubble and is designed to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths?
  10. Which mission was responsible for studying the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres?

Answers:

  1. Apollo 11
  2. Curiosity Rover
  3. NASA
  4. To study the outer planets and gather data about the outer reaches of the solar system
  5. Rosetta spacecraft; comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
  6. 2000
  7. Ingenuity Helicopter
  8. Venera 13 (Soviet Union)
  9. James Webb Space Telescope
  10. Dawn Mission