The History and Future of Space Exploration

The first flyby's of Jupiter were made by the Pioneer 10 & 11 spacecraft in the early 1970's.

• True

• False

Jupiter was also visited by the spacecraft _____ in 1979 and made up-close observations.

• Voyager I & II

• Mariner 6 & 7

• Viking I & II

• Pioneer Jupiter

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The Cassini/Huygens space probe mission lasted 13 years before being sent into Saturn's

• moon Titan - where it was destroyed in 2017.

• atmosphere - where it was destroyed in 2017.

• rings which made the spacecraft inoperable.

• strong magnetic field giving the spacecraft new life.

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Voyager I & II (and the earlier Pioneer 11) were the first to

• flyby Saturn on their way to the outer solar system.

• orbit both Jupiter & Saturn.

• flyby all of the outer planets.

• land a probe on Saturn's moon Titan.

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The planet Venus was visited by several U.S. Mariner spacecraft and by a series of Russian

• failed attempts to land.

• manned spacecraft.

• probes named Viking.

• probes named Venera.

Mariners 4, 6, 7 & 9 flew by the planet ____ revealing close-up pictures of a desolate surface.

• Mars

• Venus

• Mercury

• Jupiter

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Later more advanced Martian rovers including Spirit , Opportunity & Curiosity explored

• and colonized the planet.

• the deepest canyons of Mars.

• the tallest mountain in the solar system - Olympus Mons.

• much farther with a wider range than Pathfinder did.

The New Horizons spacecraft was the first to flyby ____ in 2015 - taking up-close pictures.

• Neptune

• a "KBO" (Kuiper Belt Object)

• the dwarf planet Ceres

• the dwarf planet Pluto

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What do scientists use to search for clues about the history of Mars?

• Satellites

• Telescopes

• Rovers

• Space stations

What do scientists hope to determine by analyzing Martian rocks and soil?

• The age of Mars

• The weather patterns on Mars

• Whether life ever existed on Mars

• The distance from Earth to Mars