In a Galaxy
Also known as Sol, this is our local ball of plasma.
What is the Sun?
Rockets move because of this scientific principle.
What is Newton’s Third Law?
These brothers made the first powered airplane flight.
Who were the Wright brothers?
This force pulls aircraft toward Earth.
What is gravity?
Pilots avoid flying through these dangerous convective.
What are thunderstorms?
This gas giant has 274 moons, the most of any in the solar system.
What is Saturn?
This fuel-carrying part of a rocket is usually dropped during flight.
What is a stage?
She disappeared while attempting to fly around the world in 1937.
Who was Amelia Earhart?
Wings create this upward force.
What is lift?
Fog reduces this important condition for pilots.
What is visibility?
This telescope launched in 2021 to succeed Hubble.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
Rockets must reach this minimum speed to orbit Earth.
What is orbital velocity?
This pilot made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
The friction-like force caused by moving through the air is called this.
What is drag?
Strong upward and downward air movement is called this.
Strong upward and downward air movement is called this.
Look up on a clear night to see the "via lactea", the Spanish name for this, arcing across the sky.
What is the Milky Way?
This kind of orbit matches the earth's rotation, keeping a satellite above the same spot on Earth.
What is a geostationary orbit?
This famous test pilot broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.
Who was Chuck Yeager?
Engines provide this forward-moving force.
What is thrust?
Ice forming on wings can affect this force that keeps planes airborne.
What is lift?
This unit is shorthand for the distance between Earth and the Sun.
What is an Astronomical Unit?
Launching during one of these makes getting to Mars much easier.
What is a transfer window?
This astronaut spent nearly a full year aboard the International Space Station in 2015 through 2016.
Who was Scott Kelly?
This front occurs when two air masses stop moving against each other.
What is a stationary front?
This weather instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?