People and Programs
Who is the father of rocket science?
Robert Goddard
A machine that uses escaping gas to move
rocket
A Soviet space probe that was sent to the moon
Luna 9
force that accelerates rockets
thrust
Russia's sent the 1st satellite into space called _____.
Sputnik I
Goal was to land on the moon and explore the moon
Apollo Program
any man-made object placed in orbit around a body in space
artificial satellite
A US space probe that was sent to Venus
Magellan
an orbit located a few hundred kilometers above Earth's surface
Low Earth orbit
US sent their first satellite named _______.
Explorer I
Goal was learning to work in space and deal with weightlessness
Gemini Program
a reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
space shuttle
A space probe that was sent to Mars from the Soviet Union
Venera 9
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to completely break away from a planet's gravitational pull
escape velocity
The name of a communication satellite.
Echo
first person to from US to be in space
Alan Sheperd
a long-term orbiting platform from which other vehicles can be launched or scientific research can be done
space station
A space probe that was sent to the moon by US
Clementine
an orbit in which a satellite travels at a speed that matches the rotational speed of Earth
geosynchronous orbit
GPS was developed from these types of satellites
Military satellites
Who developed the V-2 rocket?
Wernher Von Braun
A vehicle that carries scientific instruments to other planets
space probe
US sent a space probe in 1959 named _______.
Pioneer 4
what law of motion do rockets work on
Newton's 3rd law of motion
The name of a weather satellite
Tiros I