Space Race 1
Space Race 2
Tools for space exploration/Space Exploration
Definition
Misc.
100
World's 1st artificial satellite
Sputnik 1
100
Manned space missions to the moon
Apollo Missions
100
An object that orbits another object in space
Satellite
100
A star or hot ball of glowing gases
Sun
100
What do we use to measure in the Solar System
Astronomical Unit
200
Unmanned Space missions to the moon (USSR)
Luna Missions
200
1st manned landing in the moon
Apollo 11
200
An object that travels through space
Space Probe
200
A large body orbiting a central star
Planet
200
Inner Planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
300
1st successful US satellite
Explorer 1
300
Mission aborted; crew returned safely
Apollo 13
300
Spacecraft are re-used for future missions
Space Shuttle
300
A natural, planetary satellite
Moon
300
Outer Planets
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
400
1st US manned orbital flight
Mercury 6
400
1st manned orbital flight
Apollo 8
400
Permanent station in space
Space Station
400
Irregular shaped rocky object that orbits the sun
Asteroid
400
What do we use to measure outside the solar system
Light Years
500
Early US space probes
Mariner Missions
500
First person in space
Yuri Gagarin
500
USSR space station
Mir
500
Vast cloud located in the outer reaches in the solar system
Oort cloud
500
Galilean Moons
Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
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