Nicknames
This planet is known as the "Red Planet."
What is Mars?
This artificial satellite is in orbit and designed for human habitation and extended research in space.
What is a space station or the International Space Station or the Tiangong Space Station.
This planet is the hottest.
What is Venus?
This nation is the only one to have sent people to the moon.
What is the United States?
This planet has the largest volcano in the solar system, which is more than twice the height of Mount Everest. Name either the volcano or the planet.
What is Olympus Mons on Mars?
This planet is known as the "Ringed Planet."
What is Saturn?
Name one of the two space telescopes that provide incredible views of the universe.
What is Hubble or James Webb?
This planet is stormy and famous for a giant, wild storm that's been raging for more than 300 years called the Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter?
Name one of the two planets that don't have moons.
What is Mercury or Venus?
This massive group of small, rocky objects that orbit the sun separates the inner planets from the outer planets.
What is the Asteroid Belt?
This planet is known as both the "Morning Star" and the "Evening Star" for it's brightness.
What is Venus?
These machines explore the surfaces of other planets. Some famous ones are Curiosity and Perseverance.
What are space rovers?
This planet is the windiest in the solar system, with wind speeds measured near 1,200 miles per hour.
What is Neptune?
This planet's largest moon has weather similar to Earth, with clouds, rain, and an atmosphere made mostly of nitrogen. Instead of a water cycle, this moon cycles methane. Name either the planet or the moon.
What is Saturn or Titan?
This is the most famous of the small, orbiting bodies made of dust, ice, and frozen gases. It orbits once every 76 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
This planet is known as the "Swift Planet" for it's quick orbit around the sun.
What is Mercury?
These machines-from the Voyager program- fly through space, collecting data about planets and other celestial bodies.
What are space probes?
This planet has extreme variations in temperature, with daytime temps reaching as high as 800° and nighttime temps dropping as low as -300°.
What is Mercury?
Name the first person to walk on Earth's moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
This planet has the strongest gravity.
What is Jupiter?
This planet is known as the "Blue Planet."
What is Earth?
These machines transport people and items to and from space. Names you may recognize are Discovery, Endeavor, and Atlantis.
What are space shuttles?
This planet is tilted on its axis by 98° and has seasons that last about 21 years, where large parts of the planet see nothing but daytime or nighttime for a whole season.
What is Uranus?
This planet has the most moons in our solar system, with the current count at 274 confirmed natural satellites, according to NASA.
What is Saturn?
This is the total number of stars in our solar system.
What is one?