Vandenberg
The year that the 4th Space Launch Squadron and 1st Air and Space Test Squadron merged and reactivated as the 2SLS
What is 2019?
The bright red fleshy flap hanging over a turkey's beak is known by this name.
What is a snood?
This phase of launch is when the first stage detaches and the second stage ignites.
What is stage separation?
The President that made the first official proclamation of a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The coldest planet in the Solar System.
What is Uranus?
Vandenberg's airfield runway holds this ranking within the entire Department of War.
What is 2nd Largest?
This sound, produced by male turkeys, is used to attract females during mating season.
What is a gobble?
This early solid-fueled ICBM eventually evolved into a family of small orbital launch vehicles, including Minotaur.
What is the Minuteman missile?
The state that produces the most turkeys in the United States.
Where is Minnesota?
This term describes the orbital path in which a satellite remains fixed over a single point on Earth.
What is geostationary orbit (GEO)?
This term describes the dense fog layer common on the Central Coast, often forcing nighttime launches to be watched purely by sound.
What is the marine layer?
This process, involving salt, sugar, and water, helps keep turkey moist during cooking.
What is brining?
This squadron worked with the Titan II and Titan IV vehicles.
What is the 4th Space Launch Squadron?
The year that Native Americans joined the Pilgrims during their Harvest Home celebration.
What is 1621?
The number of orbits that Neptune has completed since its discovery.
Vandenberg was originally established as this type of military installation.
What is Camp Cooke, U.S. Army Garrison?
This horn-shaped basket symbolizes abundance during Thanksgiving.
What is cornucopia?
This early NASA program used Redstone and Atlas rockets to send America’s first astronauts to space.
What is Project Mercury?
The number of American towns named "Turkey."
What is 4?
The number of years it would take to walk to the moon.
What is 9?
This mission type, common from Vandenberg, must fly southward to avoid landmasses.
What are polar launches?
This President moved Thanksgiving up by one week in 1939 to extend the holiday shopping season.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This Soviet rocket family holds the record for the most launches of any orbital rocket.
What is the Soyuz?
The first President to OFFICIALLY pardon a Thanksgiving turkey.
Who is President George H.W. Bush?
This orbital region, named after a physicist, is filled with charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field.
What are the Van Allen belts?