Vocab
any man-made object placed in orbit around a body in space
artificial satellite
Who were one of the three people who died in the space ship and it didn't even blast off yet.
Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee
What year did NASA become a space station?
1973
Who is the father of modern space
Robert Goddard
How many people went to Mars?
0
the speed and direction a rocket must travel in order to complete break away from a planet’s gravitational pull
escape velocity
Who was the 1 st person to land on the moon
Neil Armstrong
When was the first space shuttle sent for NASA?
1981
Who created Clementine US or Russia?
US
How many animals went to Mars?
an orbit in which a satellite travels at a speed that matches the rotational speed of the Earth
geosynchronous orbit
Who was the third person on the ship with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin?
Micheal Collins
what does LEO mean?
Low Earth Orbit
Who developed the V-2 rocket
Wernher von Braun
what are artificial space craft?
It is launched by rockets
the speed and direction a rocket must have in order to orbit Earth
orbital velocity
what year did USA send there first satellite?
1958
How was first to land on the earth Russia or USA?
Russia
What year did NASA sent a rover
2020
How many people went to the moon?
12 people
a long-term orbiting platform from which other vehicles can be launched or scientific research can be done
space station
What year did Russia send the 1st satellite into space called Sputnik I
1957
What does GEO mean?
Geosynchronous Orbit
What year did Apollo 11
1969
What is the first animal to go in to space?
A dog