Vocabulary
Spin-offs
Alabama Contributions
People
Miscellaneous
100
A large star in our solar system that is our biggest energy source.
What is the sun?
100
This warns us in case of a fire.
What is a smoke detector?
100
The Marshall team in Huntsville created this telescope
What is the Hubble Telescope?
100
The first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
The first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth.
What is Sputnik?
200
A small, orbiting body made of dust, ice, and frozen gases.
What is a comet?
200
NASA knew that some kinds of light can hurt your eyes. They made something to keep out harmful light and only let safe light pass through.
What are sunglasses?
200
This Marshall Rocket took the first men to the moon.
What is the Saturn V Rocket?
200
The first American woman to travel in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
200
The two rovers that are exploring mars.
What are Spirit and Opportunity?
300
A chunk of matter that enters Earth's atmosphere and is heated by friction with the air.
What is a meteor?
300
This spinoff comes from the space shuttle simulators where astronauts used a control to practice landing and steering. You can use this spinoff to play video games.
What is a joystick?
300
This Marshall Rocket carried the first U.S. satellite into orbit?
What is the Jupiter rocket?
300
The first African-American female to enter space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
300
The first U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth.
What is Explorer 1?
400
A rocky object that orbits the sun.
What is an asteroid?
400
This medical spinoff is used for regulating the hearts contractions.
What is a pacemaker?
400
The Marshall Space Flight Center is located in this city in Alabama.
What is Huntsville?
400
The first American astronaut into space.
Who is Alan Shepard?
400
The first asteroid to be studied as it moved through space.
What is Eros?
500
This is made up of the Sun, nine planets, and other small bodies that orbit the sun.
What is the solar system?
500
Astronauts who went to the moon could not carry many drinks into space. Part of the spacecraft already had water in it, but it was not ready to drink. NASA learned how to clean water. This spinoff will clean your water too!
What is a water purifier?
500
This scientist led a team of German and American scientists at the Redstone Arsenal in the 1950's creating America's earliest rocket.
Who is Dr. Werhner von Braughn?
500
Set the goal for the United States to send a man to the moon within the decade.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
500
Launched the satellite known as Sputnik.
What is Russia?
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