Different telescopes use different "these" from the spectrum
What are electromagnetic waves?
These are designed to propel themselves by ejecting exhaust gas from one end
What are rockets?
This solar probe collected data from the Sun as it orbited for 19 years
What is Ulysses?
The entire range of radiant energy carried by electromagnetic waves
telescopes work better in space because they don't have this
What is an atmosphere?
Optical telescopes view this type of wave
This was the series of missions designed to send people to the moon
What is Saturn?
The study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and the possibility of extraterrestrial life
What is astrobiology?
What is Mars?
The James Webb and Spitzer telescopes are designed to orbit this
What is the Sun?
This facility is used to house astronauts in space, may countries do research here
What is the International Space Station?
Two robotic rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have roamed all over this planet collecting data
What is Mars?
An uncrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space
What is a space probe?
Running shoes, artificial limbs and firefighter gear all use forms of this
What is space technology?
This type of optical telescope uses mirrors to bend light
What are reflecting telescopes?
These were the first two men to walk on the Moon in 1969
Who were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
This space telescope is searching for other Earthlike planets
What is Kepler?
A telescope that used convex lenses to concentrate light from a distant object
What is a refracting telescope?
Planets and moons differ from stars because they don't produce this
What is their own energy or light?
These telescopes look like satellite dishes and are often built together and used as if they are one telescope
What are radio telescopes?
Material used in space parachute cords are now used on Earth for these, vroom vroom
What are automobile tires?
Messenger will study this planet's geology and chemistry as it orbits
What is Mercury?
A type of probe that does not orbit or land, but instead continues out into space
What is a flyby probe?
Radio waves are the longest waves with the lowest energy; these waves are the shortest and have the highest energy
What are gamma rays?