Planets
Our Solar System
Missions
Space Science
Technology
100
Mars takes this much longer than Earth to complete a 'day', or one rotation on its axis.
What is 40 minutes?
100
This ancient astronomer first discovered that the Earth was round.
Who is Aristotle?
100
Spirit and Opportunity were the first two rovers on this planet.
What is Mars?
100
This law is concerned with the relationship between mass and acceleration.
What is Newton's 2nd Law?
100
This man is credited with the creation of the first telescope from eyeglass lenses.
Who is Hans Lippershey?
200
This planet is the least dense in the solar system.
What is Saturn?
200
All stars, including our sun, began as this type of star.
What is a nebula?
200
Mariner 2 took pictures of this planet, our closest planetary neighbor.
What is Venus?
200
This satellite was built by NASA, and space agencies from Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
What is The International Space Station?
200
This kind of energy wave is most commonly used in dentistry.
What are x-rays?
300
This is the name for the innermost layer of Earth.
What is the inner core?
300
In this month the sun is closest to the Earth.
What is January?
300
This is the year that the latest mission was sent to Saturn.
When is 2004?
300
These laws help to explain planetary motion.
What are Kepler's Law?
300
This technology for keeping track of days, months, and years is named for a Catholic pope
What is the Gregorian calendar?
400
The god of the sea and earthquakes offers his name to this planet.
What is Neptune?
400
This moon of Saturn is 500km in diameter and a focus in the search for extra-terrestrial life.
What is Enceladus?
400
In 1964 NASA successfully took pictures of this planet.
What is Mars?
400
This force allows us to 'slingshot' around planets and satellites in space.
What is gravity?
400
GPS (location services) are based upon this type of calculation.
What is triangulation?
500
In this year NASA launched its first mission to Venus.
What is 1969?
500
These three objects are the brightest in our sky.
What are the sun, moon, and Venus?
500
This company holds an exclusive contract with NASA.
What is SpaceX?
500
This is also known as the law of inertia.
What is Newton's First Law?
500
This visual surgery is possible due to advances in space technology.
What is laser vision correction (Lasik)?
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