Basic Features
Mars's oxidized iron minerals are responsible for giving it the iconic look of this color.
What is red?
It is the answer if one was asked if storms on mars can last months on Mars.
What is yes?
It is the position mars is in when counting planet places from the sun.
Due to the fine dust particles on the Martian atmosphere, it is the color of sunrises and sunsets on the red planet.
What is blue?
Nicknamed "Percy," this rover reached Mars's surface on 18 February 2021.
What is Perseverance?
It is the percentage Mars's gravity is when compared to Earth's.
What is 39%?
It is the average temperature at the Martian equator during the summer season.
20°C, (68°F).
It is the name of Mars other moon besides Deimos.
What is Phobos?
It is the number of seasons there are on Mars.
What is four?
Reaching Mars in 2012, this rover was credited with the first ever, "selfie" photo on the red planet.
What is Curiosity?
It is the angle of Mars's axis, or tilt, (in degrees).
What is 25°?
It is the average temperature at the poles of Mars during the winter.
-153°C, (-243°F).
It is the number of months between launch windows when planning missions from Earth to Mars.
What is 26 months?
it is the number of minutes longer, (rounded to the nearest 10), the Martian day is than Earth's.
What is 40?
This was the first rover to land on Mars and did so in 1997.
What is Sojourner, (Pathfinder)?
This shield volcano is not only the largest volcano on Mars, but also the largest volcano in the solar system.
What is Olympus Mons?
This gas is responsible for making up over 95% of the Martian atmosphere.
What is CO2, (Carbon Dioxide)?
It is the term for when Mars is on the opposite side of the sun as Earth is approximately every 26 months.
What is conjunction?
It is the average amount of months it takes for a mission to make it from Earth to Mars within the optimal launch window.
What is 7-9 months?
Nicknamed, "Oppy," this rover's last transmission delivered these famous last words; "My battery is low and it’s getting dark."
What is Opportunity?
Named after the Mariner 9 orbiter which discovered it, this large canyon stretches across the Martian surface, giving it a scar-like appearance.
What is Valles Marineris?
It is the percentage of Mars’s atmospheric pressure compared to Earth’s.
What is >1%?
It is the term when Earth and Mars are the closest they will be to each other occurring approximately every 26 months.
What is opposition?
It is the number of sols (days) in a Martian year.
What is 668 sols, (687 Earth days)?
This autonomous helicopter rover was part of the 2020 mission to explore the surface of Mars and was attached to the Perseverance rover.
What is Ingenuity?