- 1. In which state is the Jet Propulsion Laboratory located?
A) California
B) Florida
C) Texas
D) Arizona
- 2. Which agency manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?
A) CNSA
B) ESA
C) CSA
D) NASA
- 3. What was the first spacecraft launched by JPL to reach the Moon?
A) Ranger 7
B) Apollo 11
C) Voyager 1
D) Pioneer 11
- 4. Which Mars rover mission did JPL successfully land on Mars in 2012?
A) Sojourner
B) Curiosity
C) Opportunity
D) Spirit
- 5. What is the name of the future mission by JPL that will explore the icy moon of Jupiter, Europa?
A) Titan Touchdown
B) Pluto Explorer
C) Venus Voyager
D) Europa Clipper
- 6. Who was the first American satellite launched by JPL in 1958 named after?
A) Pioneer 1
B) Mariner 1
C) Vanguard 1
D) Explorer 1
- 7. JPL is known for developing and operating missions related to which celestial body?
A) Jupiter
B) Venus
C) Mars
D) Pluto
- 8. Which one of these is a JPL-managed mission studying Saturn and its moons?
A) Cassini-Huygens
B) Dawn
C) New Horizons
D) Juno
- 9. For what does the acronym JPL stand?
A) Jet Propulsion Laboratory
B) Jupiter Planetary Link
C) Jupiter Probe Launch
D) Jovian Physics Laboratory
- 10. What type of spacecraft did JPL develop for NASA's Mars missions?
A) Probes
B) Rovers
C) Satellites
D) Landers
- 11. Which JPL mission successfully landed the first mobile robotic spacecraft, Sojourner, on Mars?
A) Mars Odyssey
B) Mars Pathfinder
C) Mars Express
D) Mars Opportunity
- 12. Which one of these JPL missions successfully landed on a comet in 2014?
A) Pathfinder
B) Dawn
C) Hayabusa2
D) Rosetta
- 13. Which planet was the focus of the Magellan mission managed by JPL?
A) Mars
B) Saturn
C) Jupiter
D) Venus
- 14. What was the name of the first successful interplanetary spacecraft developed by JPL in 1962?
A) Mariner 2
B) Galileo
C) Voyager 2
D) Pioneer 10
- 15. What is the name of the Mars lander mission developed and managed by JPL that's focused on studying the deep interior of Mars?
A) InSight
B) Red Planet Probe
C) Pioneer Mars
D) Martian Eclipse
- 16. Which mission successfully touched down on an asteroid with a robotic arm?
A) Rosetta
B) OSIRIS-REx
C) Hayabusa2
D) Dawn
- 17. Which asteroid was visited by JPL's spacecraft called NEAR Shoemaker?
A) Ceres
B) Bennu
C) Eros
D) Vesta
- 18. What is the first ever spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere?
A) SOHO
B) STEREO
C) Parker Solar Probe
D) SOLAR-A
- 19. Which spacecraft successfully measured and mapped Venus's surface using radar?
A) Mars Global Surveyor
B) Viking 1
C) Magellan
D) Galileo
- 20. What is the acronym for JPL's Mars Science Laboratory mission that successfully landed the Curiosity rover on Mars?
A) MRS
B) MSL
C) MSR
D) MLS
- 21. Which body in our solar system did JPL's Galileo spacecraft study in the late 1990s?
A) Saturn
B) Neptune
C) Mars
D) Jupiter
- 22. When was the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) established?
A) 1982
B) 1936
C) 1958
D) 1969
- 23. Which mission discovered evidence of water vapor geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus?
A) Mars Global Surveyor
B) Galileo
C) Juno
D) Cassini
- 24. What is the main focus of JPL's research and development?
A) Robotic space exploration
B) Marine biology
C) Astrology
D) Agricultural science
- 25. Who famously said 'Dare Mighty Things' that is inscribed on the walls of JPL?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Winston Churchill
- 26. Which spacecraft conducted a flyby of Pluto and its moons, revealing stunning images of the dwarf planet?
A) Pioneer 10
B) New Horizons
C) Cassini
D) Voyager 2
- 27. Who was the first director of JPL?
A) Theodore Von Karman
B) Edgar Rice Burroughs
C) Wernher von Braun
D) Robert H. Goddard
- 28. What is the name of the dual-rotor Mars helicopter sent by JPL to accompany the Perseverance rover?
A) Ingenuity
B) Discovery
C) Curiosity
D) Spirit
- 29. Which spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io?
A) Juno
B) Galileo
C) Voyager 2
D) New Horizons
- 30. What is the diameter of the main mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope managed by JPL?
A) 8 meters
B) 10 meters
C) 5 meters
D) 6.5 meters
- 31. Which JPL-designed rover was the first to successfully explore Mars?
A) Sojourner
B) Perseverance
C) Curiosity
D) Opportunity
- 32. What is the name of the rover that JPL plans to send to explore Saturn's moon Titan?
A) Red Rover
B) Star Sailer
C) Dragonfly
D) Lunar Prospector
- 33. Which JPL-managed mission discovered water-related minerals on the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt?
A) Rosetta
B) Hayabusa2
C) OSIRIS-REx
D) Dawn
- 34. Which one of these is a natural satellite of Mars that was studied by a JPL mission?
A) Titan
B) Ganymede
C) Phobos
D) Titania
- 35. What is the JPL-managed space telescope that studies the universe in infrared wavelengths?
A) Spitzer Space Telescope
B) Hubble Space Telescope
C) James Webb Space Telescope
D) Chandra X-ray Observatory
- 36. Which JPL mission landed on Saturn's moon Titan in 2005?
A) Galileo
B) Cassini
C) New Horizons
D) Huygens
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