Lesson 1
Telescopes are placed in space so that humans can do this.
What is learn about objects in space?
Scientists use this to study Earth.
What is remote-sensing satellites?
The U.S. launched its first satellite on this date.
What is January 31, 1958?
This is a reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane.
What is space shuttle?
The distance from any point on a wave to the corresponding point on the next wave.
What is wavelength?
This can reveal the temperature of objects.
What is infrared radiation?
This is a reflecting telescope that was placed in orbit in 1990.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The name of the first satellite was this.
What is Explorer 1?
An uncrewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments into space to collect scientific data.
What is a probe?
All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
What is electromagnetic spectrum?
This collects visible light with a mirror or lens.
What is an optical telescope?
These monitor changes in cloud formation and in energy from Earth weather.
What are weather satellites?
The first space station was sent into space by this country.
What is by the Soviet Union?
A spacecraft that is designed to orbit a planet, moon, or other body without landing on the body’s surface.
What is an orbiter?
A range of electromagnetic radiation that is ordered by wavelength or frequency, such as the bands of colors that are produced when white light passes through a prism.
What is spectrum?
Ultraviolet rays can cause this harmful sickness.
What is skin cancer?
This makes it hard to get clear images from space.
What is Earth's atmosphere distorting light that passes through it?
The first ever space station went into space on this month and year.
What is April 1971?
An automated, uncrewed vehicle that is designed to touch down safely on an extraterrestrial body and often carries equipment for exploration of that body.
What is a lander?
Any human-made object that is placed in orbit around a body in space.
What is artificial satellite?
Energy traveling as electromagnetic waves is called this.
What is electromagnetic radiation?
GPS stands for this.
What is Global Positioning System?
This was the name of the first space station.
What is Salyut-1?
A vehicle that is used to explore the surface of the extraterrestrial body.
What is a rover?
NASA stands for this.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration?