Vocabulary
dangerous; risky
precarious
What does the acronym NEO stand for?
Near-Earth object
Who was the first American woman to fly in space (in 1983)?
Sally Ride
Who is best known for creating and producing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises?
George Lucas
block; distract
deflect
On September 26th, 2022, a probe intentionally crashed into the minor-plant moon named what?
Dimorphos
Who were the first 2 human beings to walk on the Moon?
Neil Armstong, Buzz Aldrin
Which actress played Princess Leia?
Carrie Fisher
the product of the mass of a particle and its velocity
momentum
Dimorphous is a moon of the asteroid _______________.
Didymos
What was the name of the U.S. spaceflight (in 1969) to first land on the moon?
Apollo 11
Who is Luke Skywalker’s father?
Darth Vader
a rocky body orbiting the sun
asteroid
A system in which information can be expressed by combinations of the digits 0 and 1.
Binary system
What was the first private company to put people in space?
SpaceX
What is the name of Han Solo's ship?
(The) Millennium Falcon
the speed of something in a given direction
velocity
Didymos means what in Greek?
twin
Who was the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
Who composed the soundtrack album to the 1977 film Star Wars?
John Williams