Famous People
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Who is Hero?
Developed the first rocket engine.
The rate or change in velocity with respect to time.
Acceleration
What is the Control System?
System that steers the rocket and keeps it stable.
What is Sputnik I?
The first artificial satellite in space, October 4, 1957.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
A Russian; first man in space.
These rockets lit the sky during the battle at Fort McHenry in 1812.
Congreve Rockets
The force or push to get a rocket traveling upwards.
Thrust
What is the Payload?
What the rocket carries.
What type of rocket placed Friendship 7 into space carrying John Glenn.
Atlas Rocket
who is regarded as the Father of Modern Rocketry.
Robert Goddard
These rockets were fired at London during WWII.
V-2 Rockets
What is Newtons 3rd law of motion?
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What are the “brains” of the rocket.
the Guidance System
what is the name of the US missions that held two crew members.
Gemini
Who was the first American in space.
Alan Sheppard
What is the name of the space agency formally organized by the US in October 1958.
NASA
What is Newtons 1st Law of Motion?
An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced, outside force.
Gives the rocket its shape and contains other systems.
the Air Frame
The space program designed to put man on the moon.
Apollo
Who was the first American to orbit Earth.
John Glenn
The first US space station.
Skylab
What is Newton’s Second Law of Motion?
A force acting upon a body causes it to accelerate in the direction of the force. Acceleration is directly proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body being accelerated.
What is Propellant?
A combination of fuel and oxidizer.
What is a reusable space transportation system used for traveling into space and returning to Earth.
Space Shuttles