vocab
which rocket lander landed on the moon first
Eagle
which law makes rockets work
the 3rd law
what year did russia send their first satelite
1957
first space station in space owned by the soviets
Salyut
used to monitor the different pattern of weather
weather satelites
what is orbital velocity
the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit Earth
what is artificial satellite
any man-made object placed in orbit around a body in space
Alan shepard became the first US to go into space
1961
1st US space station
Skylab
used for radios and cell phone transmission
communication satelites
what is a rocket
a machine that uses escaping gas to move
what is escape velocityany
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
yuri became the first human to orbit the earth
1961
means peace
MIR
to see what the weather looks like
weather satelites
what is a space probe
a vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets or other bodies in space
what is low Earth orbit
an orbit located a few hundred kilometers above Earth’s surface
Russia sent the first satelite into space
1957
China
Tiangong
Gps was devoloped from these types of satellites
Millitary satelites
what is thrust
the force that accelerates a rocket
what is NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
US launched their first satelite explorer
1958
US EUROPe Japan
International space station
used for intelligance gathering
millitary satelites