Meet Oppy
This is the nickname of the Mars rover featured in the documentary?
What is Opportunity (Oppy)?
NASA sent Oppy to Mars to explore....
What is to look for signs of water?
Oppy found evidence that this once existed on Mars?
What is liquid water?
Oppy sometimes got stuck in this on Mars?
What is sand?
These people worked on Oppy from Earth?
Who are scientists and engineers?
Oppy was designed to last only this many days on Mars?
What is 90 days?
Oppy traveled to Mars inside this type of spacecraft.
What is a lander?
Oppy studied these to learn about Mars's history.
What are rocks?
Oppy survived far beyond its original mission length of this many days?
What is 90 days?
The documentary shows how the team treated Oppy almost like this?
What is a family member or friend?
Oppy ended up working for nearly this many years instead?
What is about 15 years?
Oppy landed from Earth aboard a rocket in this year?
What is 2003
Finding water helps scientists understand if Mars could have supported this?
What is life?
Oppy survived many M_____ d_____ s____ that covered its solar panels.
What is Martian dust storms?
NASA stands for this organization?
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?
Oppy was built to act like this type of scientist on Mars.
What is a geologist?
Mars is often called this because of its color
What is the Red Planet?
Oppy used a camera and tools to send this back to Earth.
What is data (or pictures and information)?
Oppy finally stopped _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ after a very large Martian dust storm.
What is communicating?
The team planned Oppy's movements one Martian day at a time, called this.
What is a sol?
Oppy's mission focused on studying rocks and minerals rather than directly searching for this.
What is life (or living organisms)?
Oppy survived landing on Mars using _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that allowed the rover to bounce safely across the surface.
What are airbags?
Oppy discovered rock formations that could only have formed if this substance had once flowed on Mars.
What is water?
Oppy finally stopped working because dust blocked sunlight, causing this critical system to fail?
What is battery power?
Because signals take time to travel to Mars, engineers could not control Oppy in real time and had to do this instead.
What is plan and send commands in advance?