Question 1

What specific items is the Perseverance rover carrying to test their durability on Mars for future human missions?

Accepted Answer

Swatches of spacesuit materials

Question 2

According to a NASA-led analysis, what was identified as the primary cause for the higher-than-expected sea level rise in 2024?

Accepted Answer

Unusual ocean warming leading to thermal expansion

Question 3

As of April 11, 2025, about how long has the Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover been on Mars?

Accepted Answer

10.2 years

Question 4

A recent NASA-funded study provided evidence that gullies on asteroid Vesta may have been created by which of the following geologic processes?

Accepted Answer

Sudden, brief flows of water

Question 5

When it’s winter on Earth, which season is commencing on Mars?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Question 6

Launched on Oct. 10, 2024. Europa Clipper carries a microchip featuring waveforms of people saying what word in over 100 spoken languages?

Accepted Answer

Water

Question 7

Scientists recently got a big surprise when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the long-studied star WL 20, located in the Scorpius and Ophiuchus constellations, was actually

Accepted Answer

Twins (two stars)

Question 8

NASA’s first interplanetary CubeSats – a pair of briefcase-size spacecraft called Mars Cube One, or MarCO, which flew by Mars in 2018 – were named after which two Pixar characters?

Accepted Answer

WALL-E and EVE

Question 9

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment recently beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec. 11 from a record-setting 19 million miles away. The star of the video was:

Accepted Answer

A cat named Taters

Question 10

The Europa Clipper spacecraft launched in October 2024. Approximately how far is Europa from Earth?

Accepted Answer

444 million miles

Question 11

Hellespontus Montes is a mountain range on Mars that has formed a unique local landscape. Scientists believe it is due to:

Accepted Answer

Wind

Question 12

Who invented the kite about 2,000 years ago?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 13

Which aircraft has a motor but no wings?

Accepted Answer

Blimp

Question 14

Who was the first Air Traffic Controller?

Accepted Answer

Archie League

Question 15

What does supersonic mean?

Accepted Answer

Faster than the speed of sound.

Question 16

Which aircraft is known as “Hercules”?

Accepted Answer

C-130

Question 17

The first solo flight across the Atlantic ocean was performed by

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Question 18

Who invented the Rocket

Accepted Answer

Chinese

Question 19

What type of animal was the first in orbit

Accepted Answer

Dog

Question 20

What was the name of the Soviet space station that operated in orbit from 1986 to 2001?

Accepted Answer

Mir

Question 21

Which spacecraft conducted the first successful soft landing on Venus by the Soviet Union in 1970?

Accepted Answer

Venera 7

Question 22

Which constellation represents a mythical sea monster in Greek mythology?

Accepted Answer

Cetus

Question 23

What is the title of the novel and film series by Douglas Adams that follows the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend traveling through space?

Accepted Answer

The Hitchhiker’s guide to galaxy

Question 24

Which color is associated with the hottest stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Question 25

Which space telescope, launched by NASA in 2009, has been instrumental in the discovery of thousands of exoplanets?

Accepted Answer

Kepler Space Telescope

Question 26

What was the name of the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962?

Accepted Answer

John Glenn

Question 27

Which mission marked the first successful landing of a rover on Mars, operated by NASA in 1997?

Accepted Answer

Pathfinder

Question 28

Which scientist is known for his development of the steady state theory, an alternative to the Big Bang theory?

Accepted Answer

Fred Hoyle

Question 29

What is the principle that suggests the fundamental constants of the universe are fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life?

Accepted Answer

Anthropic Principle

Question 30

What is the term for the phenomenon when a second full moon occurs within a calendar month, often appearing larger than usual?

Accepted Answer

Blue Moon

2) According to a NASA-led analysis, what was identified as the primary cause for the higher-than-expected sea level rise in 2024?

3) As of April 11, 2025, about how long has the Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover been on Mars?

4) A recent NASA-funded study provided evidence that gullies on asteroid Vesta may have been created by which of the following geologic processes?

5) When it’s winter on Earth, which season is commencing on Mars?

6) Launched on Oct. 10, 2024. Europa Clipper carries a microchip featuring waveforms of people saying what word in over 100 spoken languages?

7) Scientists recently got a big surprise when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed that the long-studied star WL 20, located in the Scorpius and Ophiuchus constellations, was actually

8) NASA’s first interplanetary CubeSats – a pair of briefcase-size spacecraft called Mars Cube One, or MarCO, which flew by Mars in 2018 – were named after which two Pixar characters?

9) NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment recently beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec. 11 from a record-setting 19 million miles away. The star of the video was:

10) The Europa Clipper spacecraft launched in October 2024. Approximately how far is Europa from Earth?

11) Hellespontus Montes is a mountain range on Mars that has formed a unique local landscape. Scientists believe it is due to:

12) Who invented the kite about 2,000 years ago?

13) Which aircraft has a motor but no wings?

14) Who was the first Air Traffic Controller?

15) What does supersonic mean?

16) Which aircraft is known as “Hercules”?

17) The first solo flight across the Atlantic ocean was performed by

18) Who invented the Rocket

19) What type of animal was the first in orbit

20) What was the name of the Soviet space station that operated in orbit from 1986 to 2001?

21) Which spacecraft conducted the first successful soft landing on Venus by the Soviet Union in 1970?

22) Which constellation represents a mythical sea monster in Greek mythology?

23) What is the title of the novel and film series by Douglas Adams that follows the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend traveling through space?

24) Which color is associated with the hottest stars in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?

25) Which space telescope, launched by NASA in 2009, has been instrumental in the discovery of thousands of exoplanets?

26) What was the name of the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962?

27) Which mission marked the first successful landing of a rover on Mars, operated by NASA in 1997?

28) Which scientist is known for his development of the steady state theory, an alternative to the Big Bang theory?

29) What is the principle that suggests the fundamental constants of the universe are fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life?

30) What is the term for the phenomenon when a second full moon occurs within a calendar month, often appearing larger than usual?