Present Vs Past (simple tenses) MARS LANDING

Question 1

Mars landing: NASA's Perseverance rover [blank_start]sends[blank_end] back first pictures from Red Planet after successful landing. (Pr/ Send)

Accepted Answer

sends

Question 2

It [blank_start]took[blank_end] more than 11 minutes for news of the safe landing to arrive on Earth. (Pas./ Take)

Accepted Answer

took

Question 3

The historic moment [blank_start]was[blank_end] the culmination of a seven-month journey in space and a considerably shorter trip through the Martian atmosphere. (Pas./ To be)

Accepted Answer

was

Question 4

Claps and cheers erupted from the NASA control room in Pasadena, California as news of the safe landing [blank_start]reached[blank_end] Earth just before 1pm local time (9pm UK). (Pas./ To reach)

Accepted Answer

reached

Question 5

Ground controllers wearing masks [blank_start]jumped[blank_end] up from their seats after hearing the words "Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars" from flight controller Swati Mohan following an agonising wait. (Pas./ To jump)

Accepted Answer

jumped

Question 6

Perilous was the word chosen to describe the seven minutes between the car-sized Perseverance rover entering the atmosphere and reaching the ground - but it [blank_start]managed[blank_end] to safely touch down. (Pas./ To manage)

Accepted Answer

managed

Question 7

Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, [blank_start]said[blank_end] in the moments after: "It's amazing to have Perseverance join curiosity on Mars and what a credit to the team. (Pas./ To say)

Accepted Answer

said

Question 8

"Just what an amazing team to work through all the adversity and all the challenges that [blank_start]go[blank_end] with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID. And just an amazing accomplishment." ((Pr./ To go))

Accepted Answer

go

Question 9

The success will mean relief for NASA managers, especially considering the $2.7bn (£1.9bn) price tag - most of which was already [blank_start]spent[blank_end] on research and development. ((Pas./ To spend))

Accepted Answer

spent

Question 10

However, the hard work for the scientists [blank_start]begins[blank_end] now. ((Pre./ To begin))

Accepted Answer

begins

Question 11

Perseverance [blank_start]touched[blank_end] down safely in an ancient river delta and former lake on the Martian surface known as the Jezero Crater. Here it will drill deep down into the sediment of where an ancient river once flowed, collecting material that may hold signs of life. ((Pas./ To touch))

Accepted Answer

touched

Question 12

The Jezero Crater is full of obstacles and dangers to the rover, including boulders, cliffs, sand dunes and depressions, any one of which could end the mission, as the rover [blank_start]drives[blank_end] along the surface. ((Pre./ To drive))

Accepted Answer

drives

Question 13

But the deposits in the crater [blank_start]are[blank_end] rich in clay minerals, which form in the presence of water, meaning life may have once existed there - and such sediments on Earth have been known to store microscopic fossils. ((Pre./ To be))

Accepted Answer

are

Question 14

Scientists have also noted that the crater doesn't [blank_start]have[blank_end] a depth which matches its diameter, which means sediment likely entered the crater through flowing water - potentially up to a kilometre of it. ((Pre./ To have))

Accepted Answer

have

Question 15

The carefully selected samples of Martian rock and soil won't be analysed immediately though, but sealed in tubes and [blank_start]left[blank_end] in a well-identified place, or more than one spot, on the surface of Mars for a future mission to collect. ((Pas./ To leave))

Accepted Answer

left

Question 16

"Detailed maps will be provided for any future mission that might go to Mars and pick up these samples for study by scientists," [blank_start]explained[blank_end] NASA. ((Pas./ To explain))

Accepted Answer

explained

Question 17

Perseverance is also equipped with a miniature helicopter named Ingenuity, which [blank_start]weighs[blank_end] just 4lb (1.8kg) and will be the first rotorcraft to fly on another planet, although that test mission isn't due until a while after the landing. ((Pre./ To weigh))

Accepted Answer

weighs

Question 18

The little chopper [blank_start]underwent[blank_end] a series of drills simulating the mission in a testing facility in California, including a high-vibration environment to mimic how it will hold up under the launch and landing conditions, and extreme temperature swings such as those experienced on Mars. ((Pas./ To undergo))

Accepted Answer

underwent

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