Space Travel
He said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The first living creature sent into space.
Who is Laika?
Another name for the North Star.
What is Polaris?
The three major types of galaxies.
What are spiral, elliptical, and irregular?
The father of modern rocketry.
Who is Goddard?
This is an artificial satellite where people live and work.
What is a space station? (What is the ISS?)
The first artifical satellite sent into orbit around Earth.
What is Sputnik?
The Little Dipper is not a constellation, rather it is this.
What is an asterism?
Scientists believe this is the only location in which a star could have a solar system capable of supporting life.
What is the arm of a spiral galaxy?
NASA just celebrated the 35th anniversary of this space telescope.
What is Hubble?
This syndrome describes astronauts living in space developing larger upper bodies and skinny legs?
What is chicken-leg syndrome?
The Space Race took place between these two countries.
What are Russian and the United States.
A catastrophic and incredibly bright explosion that marks the death of a massive star.
What is a supernova?
Orion is an example of this.
What is a constellation?
Scientists believe this is at the center of our galaxy.
What is a supermassive black hole?
EVA's are dangerous and also called this.
What are spacewalks?
This term, used by Americans, means sailor of the stars.
What is astronaut?
The gases and dust thrown from an exploding star form this.
What is a nebula?
This measures the apparent brightness of the stars (hint: we made them in class).
What is an astrometer?
A star map.
What is a planisphere?
This is the science of space flight.
What is astronautics?
This term, used by the Russians, means sailor of the heavens.
What is cosmonaut?
The most distant star that we know of.
What is Earendel?
Star are powered by this.
What is thermonuclear fusion?
"The faster you move through space, the slower you move through time" is part of this theory.
What is Einstein's theory of special relativity?