EAPS 105: Homework 11

11.20. In Wikipedia, look up "New Horizons" and answer this question: Which of the following was the New Horizons Spacecraft the first to accomplish? A) A flyby of Pluto B) An orbit of Pluto C) A landing on Pluto D) All the above

A) A flyby of Pluto

11.18. In Wikipedia, look up "Voyager 2" and answer this question: Which of the following is unique to the Voyager 2 spacecraft? A) It is the only spacecraft to ever visit Uranus and Neptune B) It is the only spacecraft to achieve escape velocity from the Sun C) It is the only spacecraft to carry a golden record with recordings of human sounds and pictures. D) All the above

A) It is the only spacecraft to ever visit Uranus and Neptune

11.4. In Wikipedia, look up "Venera" and answer this question: How long did Venera landers survive on the surface or Venus? A) A maximum of 10 minutes B) A maximum of 2 hours C) A maximum of 22 hours D) A maximum of 4 days

B) A maximum of 2 hours

11.10. In Wikipedia, look up "Jezero (crater)" and answer this question: Jezero crater is the landing site for the Perseverance rover. Which of the following is true about Jezero crater? A) It currently floods with water in the Martian summer. B) It is thought to have once been flooded with water. C) It is a volcanic crater. D) It has numerous fossils lying around its surface.

B) It is thought to have once been flooded with water.

11.6. In Wikipedia, look up "Mariner 4" and answer this question: What did the Mariner 4 spacecraft first accomplish? A) The first spacecraft to use a gravitational assist from another planet B) The first spacecraft to fly by Mars C) The first spacecraft to orbit Mars D) The first spacecraft to land on Mars

B) The first spacecraft to fly by Mars

11.16. In Wikipedia, look up "Huygens (spacecraft)" and answer this question: Which of the following was the Huygens spacecraft not the first to accomplish? A) The first to land on Saturn's moon Titan. B) The first to land on a moon without a parachute. C) The farthest landing from Earth a spacecraft has ever made. D) It accomplished all the above

B) The first to land on a moon without a parachute.

11.14. In Wikipedia, look up "Galileo (spacecraft)" and answer this question: Which of the following was the Galileo spacecraft the first to accomplish? A) The first to fly by an outer planet B) The first to orbit an outer planet C) The first to spacecraft sent to the outer planets powered by solar sails. D) The first to reach an outer planet without using a gravitational assist from a terrestrial planet.

B) The first to orbit an outer planet

11.1. In Wikipedia, look up "Mariner 10" and answer this question: Which planet did Mariner 10 not fly by? A) Mercury B) Venus C) Mars D) It flew by all of the above

C) Mars

11.3. In Wikipedia, look up "MESSENGER" (use all caps to find the right one) and answer this question: What was MESSENGER the first spacecraft to accomplish? A) The first spacecraft to use a gravitational assist from another planet B) The first spacecraft to reach Mercury C) The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury D) The first spacecraft to make a soft landing (not crash) on Mercury

C) The first spacecraft to orbit Mercury

11.13. In Wikipedia, look up "Hayabusa" and answer this question: Which of the following was Hayabusa the first to accomplish? A) The first to make a controlled descent to the surface of an asteroid B) The first to orbit an asteroid C) The first to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth D) All the above

C) The first to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth

11.15. In Wikipedia, look up "Juno (spacecraft)" and answer this question: Which of the following was the Juno spacecraft the first to accomplish? A) The first to fly by an outer planet B) The first to orbit an outer planet C) The first to spacecraft sent to the outer planets powered by solar sails. D) The first to reach an outer planet without using a gravitational assist from a terrestrial planet.

C) The first to spacecraft sent to the outer planets powered by solar sails.

11.8. In Wikipedia, look up "InSight" (make sure the I and S are capitalized) and answer this question: Which of the following was not an objective of InSight? A) To measure seismic activity B) To measure internal heat transfer C) To search for signs of ancient life D) All the above were objectives of InSight

C) To search for signs of ancient life

11.11. In Wikipedia, look up "Dawn (spacecraft)" and answer this question: What records did the Dawn spacecraft accomplish? A) It was the first to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies. B) The first to visit either Ceres or Vesta C) The first to orbit a dwarf planet D) All the above

D) All the above

11.12. In Wikipedia, look up "Rosetta (spacecraft)" and answer this question: Which of the following did the Rosetta spacecraft accomplish? A) It orbited comet 67P B) It flew by Earth, Mars, and the asteroids 21 Lutetia and 2867 Steins. C) It dropped off a lander (Philae) onto the surface of 67P D) All the above

D) All the above

11.17. In Wikipedia, look up "Pioneer plaque" and answer this question: Which of the following did the Pioneer plaque contain for aliens to learn about us? A) Nude figures of a man and woman B) Information on where the spacecraft originated from C) Information on when the spacecraft was launched D) All the above

D) All the above

11.19. In Wikipedia, look up "Voyager Golden Record" and answer this question: Which of the following are available on the Voyager Golden Record for aliens to enjoy? A) Music by Chuck Berry B) Sounds of whales C) Pictures of human anatomy and our DNA D) All the above

D) All the above

11.9. In Wikipedia, look up "Perseverance (rover)" and answer this question: Which of the following is a science objective of the Perseverance rover? A) Identify past environments that were capable of supporting microbial life. B) Seek signs of possible past microbial life in those habitable environments. C) Collect core rock and soil samples for delivery to a future sample return rocket. D) All the above

D) All the above

11.5. In Wikipedia, look up "GRAIL" (all caps), read the intro and overview, and answer this question: Who named the two spacecraft (Ebb and Flow) that comprised the GRAIL spacecraft. A) The International Astronomical Union B) Bill Nye Science Guy C) Neil deGrasse Tyson D) Fourth grade students at Emily Dickinson Elementary School

D) Fourth grade students at Emily Dickinson Elementary School

11.2. In Wikipedia, look up "Gravity assist" and answer this question: Which of the following can a gravity assist not do? A) Speed up your spacecraft B) Slow down your spacecraft C) Change the direction of your spacecraft D) It can achieve all of the above

D) It can achieve all of the above

11.7. In Wikipedia, look up "Viking 1" and answer this question: What did the Viking 1 spacecraft first accomplish? A) The first spacecraft to use a gravitational assist from Mercury B) The first spacecraft to fly by Mars C) The first spacecraft to orbit Mars D) The first spacecraft to land on Mars

D) The first spacecraft to land on Mars