Martian Machines
This rover is the newest NASA rover and landed in Jezero Crater in February 2021.
What is Perserverance?
This robotic arm flew both on the shuttle and is on the International Space Station.
What is Canadarm?
He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen.
Robots use these to detect things like light, sound, or movement.
What is a sensor?
General term for an unmanned aerial vehicle.
What is a drone?
The first to use a sky crane to land on Mars its name reflects the want to learn more about the red planet
What is curiosity?
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
This rocket propelled men to the moon for the first time using just 36 KB of memory.
What is the Saturn V?
This metal is used both on printed circuit boards to conduct electricity and makes up the outside of the statue of liberty.
What is copper?
This system can automatically control and aircraft.
What is autopilot?
This helicopter was the first to complete a powered flight on another planet.
What is ingenuity?
In a 2008 movie this fictional boxy yellow robot was left to clean up the planet Earth.
Who is WALL-E?
Invented for military use this locater system was made open to the public in 1987 and is the basis for modern navigation.
This machine extrudes plastic in lines to create objects.
What is a 3d printer?
This commercial aircraft has wingtips that robotically fold up upon landing.
What is the Boeing 777X?
This twin of Spirit got stuck in the Martian sand in 2009.
What is Opportunity?
This rotocopter is set to launch in 2028 headed for Saturn's moon Titan which it won't reach until 2034.
What is Dragonfly?
Her work as a computer pushed Alan Shepard to become the first American in space, her story was told in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This is sensor is used to detect the height of aircraft in flight.
The name for an aircraft system that uses digital signals to control surfaces instead of cables.
What is fly-by-wire?
The first successful rover to launch to Mars.
What is Sojourner? (named after famous abolitionist Sojourner Truth)
Using 18 robotically controlled hexagon mirrors this telescope peers back in time using infrared light.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)?
This Navy rear admiral helped invent computer languages and debugged the first “computer bug.”
Who is Grace Hopper?
This computer-controlled machine can precisely create parts out of various materials.
What is a CNC-Mill?
The first commercial plane to have a digital cockpit it entered service with Swissair in 1983.
What is the A310?