Satellites
Space Exploration
Rockets
Benefits of Space
Mixed Bag
100
The first satellite launched into space
What is Sputnik?
100
Probe launched in 1997 which monitored the Saturnian system
What is the Cassini Probe?
100
The strength of a rocket engine which is measured in newtons or pounds
What is thrust?
100
One clearly successful area of commercial space activity
What is satellite telecommunications?
100
The first man in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
200
The farthest and nearest point from earth in a satellite's orbit
What is apogee and perigee?
200
First scientific discovery made by Explorer 1 in 1958
What are the Van Allen radiation belts?
200
The description of the law that rockets act upon.
What is Newton's third law which states every action has a equal and opposite reaction?
200
Government space programs have served broad interests by DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER IN WHAT IS
Government space programs increased knowledge, served as indicators of national prestige and power, enhanced military strength, and provided benefits to the public and private sector
200
A rocket engine generally throws mass in the form of a
What is a high pressure gas?
300
The components of Sputnik were
What is a thermometer, battery, radio transmitter, and nitrogen gas?
300
One microgravity is equal to how much of the Earth gravity.
What is one millionth of the Earth's gravity?
300
The most important component in determining the pounds of thrust
What is exhaust velocity?
300
This space observatory provided essential data in how our universe works. It mainly operates in the visible light spectrum.
What is the HST?
300
Treaty which prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction in outer space and on celestial bodies.
What is the Outer Space Treaty?
400
the orbital period of a satellite in geostationary orbit about the Earth
What is a day?
400
First probe to strike the moon's surface
What is Luna 2?
400
The components of a liquid fueled rocket
What is fuel tanks, pumps, valves, combustion chamber, and nozzle?
400
The first privately-financed manned spacecraft achieved
What is suborbital orbit?
400
Soviet premier that reigned during the space race.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
500
The initial flight path of a typical satellite launch is BEST described as
What is upward and eastward?
500
First probe to fly by Jupiter
What is Pioneer 10?
500
Fuel of the V2 rocket
What is alcohol and liquid oxygen?
500
This amount of Americans set foot on the moon on what mission series.
What is 12 Americans who set foot on the moon with the Apollo Missions?
500
Important event that took place on November 2, 2000. Hint: Concerns the ISS.
Who is the first crew that took up long duration residence in the International Space Station?
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