Mars Exploration Quiz
Try out this Mars Exploration quiz to test your knowledge. Mars Exploration trivia traces the story of how scientists and space agencies have studied the Red Planet, from 19th-century observations to orbiters, landers, and rovers operating today.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
360 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the rover that landed on Mars on August 6, 2012, UTC.?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
Which rover landed on Mars on May 15, 2021, marking a Chinese rover arrival on the planet?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
What mission was China's first Mars mission to place an orbiter into Mars orbit?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which NASA Mars spacecraft reached Mars in 2001 and is still noted as one of the agency's longest-operating Mars orbiters?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
As part of the ExoMars program, which orbiter reached Mars in 2016?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which ExoMars landing attempt ended in a crash on Mars in 2016?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Curiosity does not rely on solar panels. What power source does it use instead?
Question 8 · Easy · 10 pts
What nickname is Mars famous for because of its reddish surface color?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
Which of Mars's two moons is the larger one?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the name of the smaller moon of Mars?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
What is the tallest volcano on Mars called?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
Which giant canyon system stretches across Mars?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
What gas makes up most of the Martian atmosphere?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which mission made the first successful U.S. landing on Mars in 1976?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
What was the first rover to operate on Mars?