Rockets
The top of the rocket where the astronauts or the rovers are located.
What is the Capsule?
This protects the rovers from burning up as they enter the Martian atmosphere.
What is a Heatshield?
The name of the first artificial satellite that the Soviet Union launched into space.
What is Sputnik I?
The purpose of parachutes.
What is "To slow the velocity of people as they fall towards Earth, especially pilots. They can also be used for cars and athletes."
The 2 famous phrases that came from the Apollo 11 mission.
What are "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." and "The Eagle has landed."
Another name for the Reaction Force responsible for getting a rocket to launch.
What is Thrust or Lift?
This happens during a rover landing before the heatshield can detach.
What is the parachute must deploy.
The name of the first successful mission to land a man on the moon.
What is Apollo 11?
The first parachute looked like this type of clothing.
What is a skirt?
The name of the dog that the Soviets launched into space.
What is Laika?
The names of the two types of forces at work when a rocket is launched (aside from gravity).
What are Action Force and Reaction Force?
This rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, is a "science lab on wheels" and the largest rover that we have sent to Mars so far.
What is The Curiosity?
The name of the mission to the moon where the oxygen tank exploded, but the astronauts returned safely to the Earth. (famous for the phrase "Houston, we have a problem")
What is Apollo 13?
Besides pilots or skydivers, parachutes can be used by these people.
What are racecar drivers and athletes?
The name of the space station that is the main base of operation for the space programs of The United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.
What is the ISS (International Space Station)?
This part of the rocket is where the burning gas leaves the rocket in order to push down.
What is the nozzle?
These "twin" rovers landed on Mars in 2004 and were defined by their large solar panels.
What are The Opportunity and The Spirit?
The name of the rocket ship that was launched on the Apollo 11 mission.
What is the Saturn V?
This aspect of the parachute can be increased to slow down the speed at which a person descends.
What is Surface Area?
The names of the 3 astronauts who were on the Apollo 11 mission.
Who are Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins?
The part of the rocket where the burning of fuel takes place.
What is the Combustion Chamber?
The first Mars Rover that the US launched to Mars back in 1997 is very small.
What is The Sojourner?
The first cosmonaut who went to space on The Vostok.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
The name of the force that parachutes use to slow people who are falling.
What is Drag?
This event ended the space race.
What is "When the US and Soviet space stations docked and US astronaut Thomas P. Stafford and Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov shook hands."