space
April 12. 1961 what happend
Yuri Gargarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the 1st human to orbit the Earth
July 20, 1969 what happend
Apollo 11 was the mission to land on the moon.
The landing module, “The Eagle” landed on the moon. Neil
Armstrong & Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the moon while Mike Collins was inside the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
January 28, 1986 what happend
the space shuttle, Challenger, exploded killing all crew members including Christa McAuliffe, the 1st teacher in space.
April 12, 1981. what happend
The 1st shuttle, Columbia, was launched
Weather satellites what is it
used to monitor the different pattern of weather
Robert Goddard is who
father of modern rocketry
Wernher von Braun did what
developed the V-2 rocket Von Braun and his scientists surrendered to the Americans in WWII and rocket research boomed in the 1950s.
what is newtons third law of motion
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction in the opposite direction. (action: reaction pairs)
what happend on October 4, 1957
Russia sent the 1st satellite into space called Sputnik I; this started the Space Race between the US and Russia.
what happend on January 31, 1958
US launched their 1st satellite, Explorer I. This satellite discovered the Van Allen radiation belts found in our atmosphere.
space station
a long-term orbiting platform from which other vehicles can be
launched or scientific research can be done
space probe is what
a vehicle that carries scientific instruments to planets or other bodies in space
orbital velocity is what
the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit the Earth
NASA is what
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
low Earth orbit is what
an orbit located a few hundred kilometers above Earth’s surface
what is a space shuttle
a reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like an airplane
what is a rocket
a machine that uses escaping gas to move
what is thrust
the force that accelerates a rocket
what is escape velocity
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to complete break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
geosynchronous orbit is what
an orbit in which a satellite travels at a speed that matches the rotational speed of the Earth
what is and artificial satilite
any man-made object placed in orbit around a body in space
who died from the one wire that was not connected
Gus Grishum
who was the first person in space for the U.S.A
Allan sheperd
who was the first person on the moon
neil Armstrong
what animal did they send into space
monkey