Names of Astronauts
Who was the first person in space
Alan Shepard
What American probe went to Venus
Magellan
What American rocket was the first to carry someone into space
Mercury-Redstone rocket
What does NASA mean
National Aeronautics and Administration
What space ship launched into space in July 20, 1969
Apollo 11
Who were the first people on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
What Soviet Union probe went to Venus
Venera 9
second American rocket in space
Liberty Bell 7
A reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
space shuttle
What happened Feb 20, 1962
First American in Orbit
Who was the first person to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
what probe launched in 2018
Parker Solar probe
Fourth American rocket in space
SpaceX Falcon 9
The speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit the Earth
orbital velocity
What happened May 6, 1961
Freedom 7
Who was the second person to walk on the moon
Buzz Aldrin
what date was the Cassini-Huygens launched
October 15, 1997
List the three space probes that went to outer solar system
pioneer, Voyager, Galileo
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to completely break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
escape velocity
What happened June 3, 1965
First U.S. Spacewalk
Who was in the ship while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon
Michael Collins
What probe launched in 1977
voyager twins
the smallest american rocket in space
Rocket Lab's Electron
an orbit in which a satellite travels at a speed that matches the rotational speed of the Earth
geosynchronous orbit
what happened Dec 21, 1968
Apollo 8 The first crewed spacecraft to leave Earth orbit