History
The year the Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
What is 2021?
A manmade/natural ________ orbits another celestial object.
What is a satellite?
A hobby that involves launching miniature sized rockets for fun.
What is model rocketry?
The largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
Earth's largest natural satellite.
What is the Moon?
This rocket took humans to the moon.
What is Saturn V?
Nebulae are formed from the remains of a dying ____ when it goes supernova.
What is a star?
What is a rocket engine?
This famous physicist came up with the theory of general relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This type of celestial body must meet three conditions to prove its status.
What are planets?
This telescope lifted off on Christmas Day in 2021.
Most cargo rockets have a _______ _______ at the top of the rocket.
What is a payload fairing?
Non-flammable paper that goes above the rocket motor in a model rocket.
What is rocket wadding?
The unit of measurement used to measure a star's mass.
What are solar masses? (M☉)
An object in space with an immense gravitational force that not even light can escape from.
What are black holes?
The first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.
What is Sputnik?
____ ______ is a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe.
What is dark matter?
This part of the rocket connects two stages and helps make stage separation easier.
What is an interstage?
A unit of measurement that is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
What is an astronomical unit?
The largest TYPE of structure in the universe.
What are galaxy filaments?
The first woman in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
_______ _____ are the most dense objects in the universe.
What are neutron stars?
This event in a rocket launch sequence involves doing something with the main engines a few minutes after liftoff.
What is MECO? (Main Engine Cut Off)
The largest known structure in the observable universe.
What is the Hercules Corona Borealis Great Wall?
The brightest objects in the universe.
What are quasars?