space
What is thrust
the force that accelerates a rocket
what space probes went to Venus
Venera 9 – Soviet Union Magellan – US
what Space Probes went to the outer solar system
Pioneer 10 & 11 – US
Voyager 1 & 2 – US
Galileo – US
what Space Probes went to Mars
Viking 1 & 2 - US
Pathfinder – US
what are the types of orbits
Low Earth orbit
Geosynchronous orbit
what animal did the send to the moon
monkey
what did Wernher von Braun do
he
he developed the V-2 rocket Von Braun and his scientists surrendered to the Americans in WWII and rocket research boomed in the 1950s.
what did Robert Goddard do
he is father of modern rocketry. He tested more than 150 rockets and received attention from the US military
when did they land on the moon
July,20 1969
what happend on October 4, 1957
Russia sent the 1st satellite into space called Sputnik I; this started the Space Race between the US and Russia.
who was the first person in space for the U.S.A
Allen Shephard
what movie did we watch in class
moonshot
what happend on January 31, 1958
US launched their 1st satellite, Explorer I. This satellite discovered the Van Allen radiation belts found in our atmosphere.
What did Tsiokovsky do
he explained how rockets worked. He was inspired by Jules Verne and he thought that rockets were the key to exploring space.
what is a space station
a long-term orbiting platform from which other vehicles can be launched or scientific research can be done
what is a space shuttle
a reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
what is a space probe
a vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets or other bodies in space
what is a rocket
a machine that uses escaping gas to move
what does orbital velocity mean
the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit the Earth
what does NASA mean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
what does low Earth orbit mean
an orbit located a few hundred kilometers above Earth’s surface
what does geosynchronous orbit mean
an orbit in which a satellite travels at a speed that matches the rotational speed of the Earth
what does escape velocity mean
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to completely break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
what does artificial satellite mean
any man-made object placed in orbit around a body in space
who was the first man to step on the moon
Neil Armstrong