FAMOUS FLYERS
ON DECEMBER 17, 1903, THESE TWO BROTHERS WERE CREDITED WITH INVENTING AND BUILDING THE WORLD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL AIRPLANE.
What is ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT.
THIS IS HOW MANY CENTERING RINGS A ROCKET USUALLY HAS.
What is TWO - 2.
THIS ITEM IS COMPRISED OF 18,000 OR SO PARTS THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING AN ASTRONAUT NEEDS TO STAY ALIVE IN SPACE, INCLUDING OXYGEN, WATER, TEMPERATURE CONTROL, AND CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL.
What is SPACE SUIT?
THIS VEHICLE IS ABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THRUST PUSHING IT FORWARD.
What is AIRPLANE.
THIS THEN OBSCURE MAIL PILOT VAULTED INTO WORLDWIDE FAME AFTER FLYING FROM ROOSEVELT FIELD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK TO LE BOURGET FIELD, PARIS, FRANCE ON MAY 20-21, 1927.
What is CHARLES LINDBERGH.
USUALLY, ROCKETS HAVE THESE MANY FINS BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN WEIGHT AND STABILITY.
What is FOUR - 4.
THIS ROCKET WAS USED TO CARRY THE FIRST HUMANS TO WALK ON THE MOON.
What is SATURN V.
S.T.S. STANDS FOR THIS, ALSO A SPACE VEHICLE THAT PERFORMED 135 MISSIONS, 2 OF WHICH WERE DISASTERS.
What is SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
THIS VEHICLE MOVES BECAUSE OF THRUST PUSHING IT UPWARD; IF IT RUNS OUT, IT WILL FALL.
What is ROCKET.
THIS PILOT WAS THE FIRST TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER IN 1947, IN THE BELL X-1 AIRCRAFT.
What is CHARLES "CHUCK" YEAGER.
A BOEING 747 AND AN AIRBUS A380, TWO OF THE LARGEST PLANES IN THE WORLD, HAVE THESE MANY ENGINES.
What is FOUR - 4.
THIS WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED IN LAST YEAR'S INVASION OF UKRAINE.
What is ANTONOV AN-225 MRIYA.
SPACEX RECENTLY LAUNCHED THIS ROCKET, THE TALLEST ROCKET EVER BUILT AND PLANNED TO BE USED FOR STARLINK (INTERNET) MISSIONS AND LUNAR AND MARS MISSIONS.
What is STARSHIP.
THIS VEHICLE MOVES BECAUSE OF ROTATING "WINGS" THAT PUSH AIR DOWNWARDS AND MOVE IT UPWARDS; IF THE WINGS MOVE SLOWER, IT CAN ALSO MOVE DOWNWARDS.
What is HELICOPTER/ROTORCRAFT.
THIS PILOT CROSSED THE CONTINENTAL US IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS IN 1922, AS WELL AS LED A STRATEGIC MISSION IN ATTACKING THE JAPANESE MAINLAND AND CAPITAL, TOKYO, IN WORLD WAR 2.
What is JAMES DOOLITTLE.
THIS WAS THE LAST APOLLO MISSION NUMBER (LIKE APOLLO 11) IN 1972.
What is SEVENTEEN - 17.
What is LOCKHEED MARTIN.
THIS WAS THE FIRST NASA ROVER TO LAND ON MARS IN 1997.
What is SOJOURNER
THIS VEHICLE HAS NO PILOT AND CAN OFTEN MOVE IN MANY DIRECTIONS.
What is DRONE/UAV.
THIS AVIATRIX DISAPPEARED ON JULY 2, 1937 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE.
What is AMELIA EARHART
THIS IS THE SPEED OF SOUND IN MPH, ALSO KNOWN AS MACH 1 OR THE SOUND BARRIER; A SHOCKWAVE, OR SONIC BOOM, CAN BE HEARD WHEN AN AIRCRAFT PASSES THIS SPEED.
What is 767 (Or around 700-800).
THIS IS THE LARGEST PLANE IN THE US AIR FORCE, AND HAS A HIGH WING DESIGN WITH 4 ENGINES AS WELL AS MASSIVE CARGO SPACE.
What is C5 GALAXY.
THIS NASA PROGRAM AIMS TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE MOON AGAIN BY 2025.
What is ARTEMIS.
THIS VEHICLE USED TO GET TO SPACE ON 3 BOOSTER TANKS AND LAND JUST LIKE AN AIRPLANE UNTIL IT CEASED OPERATIONS ON AUGUST 31, 2011.
What is SPACE SHUTTLE.