Understanding Light
High point of a wave
What is crest?
Who is Galileo?
“Father of Modern Rocketry”
Who is Robert Goddard?
America’s first person in space
Who is Alan Shepard?
Satellite that relays a phone call between continents
What is a communications satellite?
Speed of light
What is 186,000 miles per second?
Turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle
What is reflection?
Any object that orbits a larger object
What is a satellite?
First US satellite
Explorer I
The large space station developed by over 15 nations
What is the International Space Station?
Discovered that white light is made up of many colors
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
A device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis
What is a spectroscope?
People who journey into outer space
Who are astronauts?
First manned flight to the surface of the moon
What is Apollo 11?
First spacecraft designed to be reused
What is the space shuttle?
Any back and forth motion that repeated follows the same pattern
What is oscillation?
Developed the reflecting telescope
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Astronautical engineer who helped make the United States the leader in space exploration
Who is Wernher von Braun?
Programs that helped advance the United States in the space race
What are Gemini and Apollo?
The first space station; launched by Russia
What is Salyut I?
Consists of a vibrating electric field and a magnetic field
What is electromagnetic waves?
Rotating stars that emit directional beams of radio waves
What are pulsars?
Space race began in October, 1957 when this object was launched; first artificial object ever put into space
What is Sputnik I?
Satellites that help define a nation against attack
What are military satellites?