Aerospace Engineering Basics
This is where the pilot sits to control the airplane.
What is the cockpit?
This American astronaut was the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This type of engineer designs aircraft, spacecraft, and other aviation technologies.
What is an aerospace engineer?
The first airplane was made mostly from this type of material.
What is wood?
This part of the airplane creates lift and helps it stay in the air.
What are the wings?
This term describes the curved shape of an airplane wing that helps create lift.
What is an airfoil?
This astronaut was the first African-American woman to travel to space.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This international space station orbits Earth and is used for scientific research in space.
What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
The first person to fly in space was from this country.
What is the Soviet Union?
This part of the airplane spins to help create thrust and move the plane forward.
What is a propeller?