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This was the ancient idea that everything, including the sun, orbited around our world.
What is Earth-centered universe
100
This person proposed the idea of a sun-centered planetary system
Who Nicholas Copernicus
100
This is a large body that orbits a star
What is a planet
100
LRV is an acronym that stands for this:
What is Lunar Roving Vehicle
100
This was the first Canadian to operate the Canadarm in 1995
Who is Chris Hadfield
200
People thought the earth was _____ hundreds of years ago
What is flat
200
The idea that a spinning Earth orbited the Sun
What is Sun-centered planetary system
200
These structures orbit Earth and transmit signals to receiving stations. Can send radio, television, and cellular phone signals.
What are satellites
200
He was the first person to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong
200
This uses magnets to make a vibration-free floating platform for conducting experiments
What is Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM)
300
An instrument that uses lenses and mirrors to collect light and small lenses in eyepieces to magnify distant objects
What is a telescope
300
An irregularly shaped rock orbiting the Sun
What is an asteroid
300
The joystick was first developed to help steer this
What is the lunar roving vehicle
300
This 1000kg robot can carry out the same tasks as human astronauts.
What is Dextre
400
These people try to understand the world and why things happen
What are philosophers
400
Two telescopes hinged together and an eyepiece that allows both eyes to view an object
What are binoculars
400
This comet only comes around once every 75-76 years.
What is Halley's Comet
400
This circles the Earth at a speed of almost 30 000km/hr and sees 16 sunrises and sunsets within a day.
What is the ISS (International Space Station)
500
This person suspected the earth was sphere because they noticed that a ship sailing into the horizon disappeared a pieve at a time
Who is Pythagoras
500
This person developed the telescope
Who is Galileo
500
These are often called shooting stars because they look like a fast-moving star across the sky
What is a meteor
500
Because the moon lacks this, the footprints left by the first astronauts on the moon in 1969 may still be there
What is an atmosphere
500
This has been used on missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, and can hold a 5 tonne docking module and turn it 90 degrees
What is the Canadarm
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