technology
This computer helped Apollo astronauts fly to the Moon and back.
What is the Apollo Guidance Computer?
This was the first satellite to orbit Earth in 1957. (Russians used it)
What is Sputnik 1?
Who was the first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong
what was the first artificial satellite?
Sputnik
Which part of this presentation did Brandon Jones speak about
Technology and satalites
This system used gyroscopes to track a spaceship’s movement without outside help
What is an Inertial Navigation System?
This U.S. satellite found the Van Allen radiation belts in 1958.
What is Explorer 1
What was "Buzz" Aldrins real first name?
Edwin
missions designed to collect info abt moon
luna missions
Who was the president of the United States when Men had reached the moon
Nixon
What is an Inertial Navigation System?
What are Star Trackers?
This satellite sent the first live TV signals across the ocean in 1962.
What is Telstar 1?
Name the 3 men credited as the first men on the moon
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
first man in space?
yuri gagarin
What news company was the first to announce that Men had walked on the moon
New York Times.
The Saturn V used this type of rocket, dropping empty parts to fly better.
What is a multi-stage rocket?
The TIROS satellites helped track storms and weather.
What are weather satellites?
Which one of the 3 people flew the space ship
Michael collins
What was the second satalite which carries an animal called.
Sputnik 2
What was the name of both the rocket that reached the moon, and the rocket that blew up on its way to the moon
Apollo 11 and the Saturn V
These engines used liquid fuel and could be turned on and off.
What are liquid-fueled engines?
What animal did the Russians send in a satellite and spell it
Dog
what was the name of the German Aerospace engineer turned American that played a huge role in designing the rocket.
Wernher von Braun
why were the russians considered the loosers of the space race even though they made it to space first.
They had never made it to the moon.
What state did the rocket that reached the moon first take off from
Florida