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100

This is the name of the recovery system to slow descent and return humans safely to the ground

What is parachute

100

This is the the program whose mission was to bring astronauts to the moon

What is Apollo?

100
rubbing together of two surfaces resulting in energy loss
What is friction
100

She was the first American woman travel to space

Who is Sally Ride?

100

This planet is the largest in the solar system

What is Jupiter?

200

This provides stability during flight of rocket

What is Fin

200

This space station was first launchd in 1998 and has been home to astronauts from 22 different nations

What is the International Space Station?

200
force that directly opposes the weight of a flying object
What is lift
200

This woman is notable not only for being the first African-American woman to travel to space (in 1992), but also for being the first real-life astronaut to appear on an episode of "Star Trek"

Who is Mae Jemison?

200

Rovers sent to this planet by NASA include Sojourner, Opportunity, and Curiosity

What is Mars?

300
located inside the bottom of the body tube where the engine goes
What is engine mount
300

She was the "teacher in space" chosen to fly on the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. 

Who is Christa McAuliffe?

300
force exerted upon or against an object to move it in a specific direction
What is thrust
300

In 2019, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch made history as they became the first all-female team to perform this activity

What is a spacewalk?

300

This planet is often described as being Earth's "sister" or "twin" due to its similar volume and mass

What is Venus?

400

This is the main part of the rocket that holds all the pieces together

What is body tube

400

This NASA program in the mid-1960s had two astronauts together in a spacecraft for the first time

What is Gemini?

400
type of friction that acts opposite the motion of any object surrounded by fluid
What is drag
400

This NASA mathematician, played by Taraji P. Henson in "Hidden Figures", received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015

Who is Katherine Johnson?

400

This planet take 29.45 Earth years to complete an orbit around the sun

What is Saturn?

500

This part causes the air to flow smoothly around the rocket

What is nose cone

500

This Soviet satellite was the first manmade object launched into space in 1957

What is Sputnik (1)?

500
force pointing towards the center of the earth
What is weight
500

Dr. Katie Bouman is known for the development of a computer program that allowed the Event Horizon Telescope to capture the first ever photo of one of these objects in 2019

What is a black hole?

500

Many of this planet's moons are named after characters from the works of Shakespeare, including Titania, Ariel, and Miranda

What is Uranus?

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