Recent NASA Space Discoveries

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Which spacecraft captured the most detailed image of the Triangulum Galaxy?

  • NASA's New Horizon spacecraft
  • SpaceX Falcon Heavy
  • Hubble Space Telescope (correct)
  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe

Which mission successfully executed the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in January 2019?

  • Hubble Space Telescope mission
  • SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch
  • NASA's Insight Mission
  • Chinese Chang'e 4 lunar exploration mission (correct)

What did NASA's Parker Solar Probe achieve that no other human-made object has done before?

  • Reach close to the Sun's surface (correct)
  • Capture detailed images of Ultima Thule
  • Orbit around Pluto
  • Launch into Mars orbit

Which object did NASA's New Horizon spacecraft capture in the Kuiper belt?

<p>Ultima Thule (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did SpaceX launch into space in 2018 using Falcon Heavy?

<p>Elon Musk's sports car (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Nearly four billion miles away from Earth, the object nicknamed Ultima Thule orbits beyond ______.

<p>Pluto</p> Signup and view all the answers

NASA's Insight Mission deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, a ______.

<p>seismometer</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the most detailed image yet of the ______ Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located three million light-years away.

<p>Triangulum</p> Signup and view all the answers

NASA's Parker Solar Probe holds the record for being the only human-made object to reach so close to the ______.

<p>Sun</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 2018, SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy, the company's biggest rocket till now, into space with Elon Musk's sports car into the Mars ______.

<p>Orbit</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Mars Exploration

  • NASA's Insight Mission deployed a seismometer onto the Martian surface.

Kuiper Belt Exploration

  • NASA's New Horizon spacecraft captured images of Ultima Thule, the most distant object ever explored, located nearly four billion miles away from Earth in the Kuiper belt.

Galaxy Imaging

  • The Hubble Space Telescope captured the most detailed image of the Triangulum Galaxy, a spiral galaxy located three million light-years away.

Sun Exploration

  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe holds the record for being the closest human-made object to the Sun, traveling directly into the Sun's atmosphere, about 4 million miles from the surface.

Rocket Launches

  • SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy, the company's largest rocket, into space with Elon Musk's sports car into Mars Orbit in 2018.

Lunar Exploration

  • The Chinese lunar exploration mission Chang'e 4 successfully executed the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon in January 2019.

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