Space Race
The Space Race was between these two countries
U.S. and Soviet Union
This is a material made up of one or more materials often seen in many parts of planes
What is Composite?
This instrument displays aircraft pitch and bank.
What is the attitude indicator?
The Space Race was a major competition between the United States and this rival superpower.
What is the Soviet Union?
This U.S. government agency manages federally funded space exploration.
What is NASA?
The Space Race started in 1957 due to the launch of this satellite.
Sputnik 1
This lightweight and strong composite is widely used in modern aircraft.
What is Carbon Fiber?
This gauge shows altitude using barometric pressure.
What is the altimeter?
U.S. concern about Soviet missile capabilities grew after this event.
What is the launch of Sputnik?
Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are examples of this type of space program.
What are private or commercial space companies?
This NASA program achieved the first U.S. human orbital flights.
What is Project Mercury?
This fiberglass benefit makes it ideal for forming aerodynamic surfaces.
What is its smooth, moldable shape?
This instrument uses the pitot tube to show airspeed.
What is the airspeed indicator?
This is the name of the first artificial satellite the U.S. put into orbit
What is Explorer 1?
NASA is funded through this federal process.
What is the government budget or taxpayer funding?
Apollo astronauts used this NASA module to land on the Moon.
What is the Lunar Module?
This benefit is why wings are often made of composites like Fiberglass.
What is Flexibility or durability?
This instrument indicates the aircraft’s heading using a gyro.
What is the heading indicator?
This U.S. president announced the goal of landing a man on the Moon before 1970.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This is a major disadvantage for private companies
What is expensive?
This 1975 mission marked the first U.S.–Soviet cooperative spaceflight.
What is Apollo–Soyuz?
Engineers choose composites because of this major performance advantage: strength relative to this property.
What is weight?
This gauge shows the rate of climb or descent in feet per minute.
What is the vertical speed indicator (VSI)?
The Cold war didn't end all the way until this year.
What is 1991?
Private companies often reduce launch costs using this type of rocket strategy.
What is reusability?