Current probes in the solar system - Statistics

General Stats
  • This quiz has been taken 9 times
  • The average score is 10 of 33
Answer Stats
Launch Date Agency Primery Mission Answer % Correct
August 5, 2011 United States NASA Studying Jupiter from polar orbit. Juno
67%
July 30, 2020 United States NASA Searching for evidence of organic material on Mars and engaging in exploration of the landing site at Jezero Crater. Perseverance Rover
67%
September 5, 1977 United States NASA Investigating Jupiter and Saturn, and the moons of these planets. Voyager 1
67%
August 20, 1977 United States NASA Visiting and studying all four gas giants. Voyager 2
67%
October 19, 2018 ESA, Japan JAXA Spacecraft consists multiple spacecraft which will later split up.Study Mercury's form, interior structure, geology, composition, and craters, to understand Mercury's magnetic field, to characterize the composition it's atmosphere, to test Einstein's theory of general relativity, to search for asteroids sunward of Earth, and to generally study the origin and evolution of a planet close to a parent star. BepiColombo
50%
November 26, 2011 United States NASA Searching for evidence of organic material on Mars, monitoring methane levels in the atmosphere, and engaging in exploration of the landing site at Gale Crater. Curiosity Rover
50%
June 2, 2003 European Union ESA Study the atmosphere and geology of Mars, search for sub-surface water, and deploy the Beagle 2 lander. Mars Express
50%
January 19, 2006 United States NASA The first spacecraft to study Pluto up close and ultimately the Kuiper Belt. New Horizons
50%
September 8, 2016 United States NASA Asteroid study and sample-return OSIRIS-REx
50%
August 12, 2018 United States NASA Observation of solar wind, magnetic fields, and coronal energy flow. Parker Solar Probe
50%
October 13, 2023 United States NASA To orbit a main belt asteroid. Psyche
50%
April 7, 2001 United States NASA Map the surface of Mars, and relay for the Curiosity rover. Its name is a tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey. 2001 Mars Odyssey
33%
December 3, 2014 Japan JAXA Asteroid study and sample-return Hayabusa2
33%
April 14, 2023 European Union ESA Mission to study Jupiter's three icy moons Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede, eventually orbiting Ganymede as the first spacecraft to orbit a satellite of another planet. JUICE
33%
March 14, 2016 European Union ESA Study methane and other trace gases in the Martian atmosphere. Trace Gas Orbiter (ExoMars 2016)
33%
May 20, 2010 Japan JAXA The first Japanese Venusian probe. Akatsuki
17%
February 17, 2007 United States NASA Studying the effect of the solar wind on the Moon. ARTEMIS P1/P2
17%
June 28, 2022 United States NASA Test and verify the calculated orbital stability planned for the Gateway space station. CAPSTONE
17%
July 22, 2019 India ISRO Lunar topography, mineralogy, elemental abundance, and meassure the lunar exosphere. Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter
17%
December 8, 2018 China CNSA Rover seeking to characterize lunar far-side environment, including possible lunar mantle material. Chang'e 4
17%
August 4, 2022 South Korea KARI and United States NASA Surveying lunar resources such as water ice, uranium, helium-3, silicon, and aluminum, as well as producing a topographic map for future lunar landing sites. Danuri
17%
July 19, 2020 United Arab Emirates UAESA Study weather and atmosphere. Emirates Mars Mission
17%
November 16, 2022 Japan JAXA Halo orbiter to image Earth's plasmasphere, impact craters on the Moon's far side and L2 experiments. EQUULEUS
17%
November 24, 2021 Italy ASI To flyby a binary 65803 Didymos asteroid system, 65803 Didymos and Dimorphos LICIACube
17%
October 16, 2021 United States NASA To flyby 8 Jupiter trojans and one main belt asteroid. Lucy
17%
June 18, 2009 United States NASA Lunar mapping to identify safe landing sites, locate resources, messure radiation, and demonstrate new technologies. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
17%
August 12, 2005 United States NASA Analyze the landforms, stratigraphy, minerals, and ice of Mars. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
17%
November 18, 2013 United States NASA Study the Martian upper atmosphere and its gradual loss to space. MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution)
17%
May 20, 2018 China CNSA Communications satellite for Chang'e 4 lunar far-side mission and conducting joint China-Netherlands low-frequency astronomy experiment. Queqiao
17%
September 7, 2023 Japan JAXA Will demonstrate pinpoint precision, fuel-efficient landing technology. SLIM lander
17%
February 10, 2020 European Union ESA Take measurements of the inner heliosphere and nascent solar wind, and observe the Sun's of the polar regions. Solar Orbiter
17%
July 23, 2020 China CNSA Find evidence for current and past life and produce Martian surface maps. Orbital studies of Martian surface morphology, soil, and atmosphere. Tianwen-1 Orbiter
17%
January 8, 2024 United States Astrobotic Technology Lunar lander selected as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services carrying a total of 25 payloads to the Lunar surface, including the Iris cuberover and 5 Mexican micro-robots. Peregrine Mission One
0%
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz