NASA was created in 1958 in the US to counter the space exploration of this country
What is the USSR?
100
This country first started exploring use of rockets for fireworks
What is China?
100
These provide stability for a rocket.
What are fins?
100
Force is equal to an objects mass times it's acceleration.
What is Newton's Second Law?
100
A right angle this many degrees.
What is 90 degrees?
200
This process was developed by NASA to preserve food. It is a similar process to dehydrating.
What is freeze drying?
200
This orange flavored beverage was made famous because of it's use on early space missions
What is TANG?
200
This helps to minimize aerodynamic resistance.
What is the nose cone?
200
This is the force that is in opposition to weight
What is Thrust?
200
The side opposite an angle divided by the side adjacent to an angle in a right triangle.
What is tangent?
300
Without these, we would not be able to watch dish network, use GPS or even talk on our cell phones.
What are satellites?
300
The name of something that is carried by a rocket that is not directly involved with a rocket's flight except for it's weight. It is often used in a mission
What is a payload?
300
This is a term given to the area or device that propels the rocket into the air.
What is the launch pad?
300
The relationship between thrust and weigh is described by this law.
What is Newton's Third Law?
300
Also known as a sextant, this tool was used by ancient mariners to navigate the seas.
What is an astrolabe?
400
LED for short, NASA developed these for plant growth experiments. Later they would be used for cancer treatment and to promote faster wound healing
What are Light Emitting Diodes?
400
NASA is short for this.
What is National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
400
In rocket engine, this is what provides the thrust when is combusts with oxygen.
What is fuel?
400
The drag force in a rocket is equivalent to this force, which often produces heat.
What is friction?
400
Besides tangent, these two right triangle ratios are the basis for trigonometry.
What are sine and cosine?
500
Just outside of the human eye visible light spectrum, NASA used this to detect the birth of stars. On earth, doctors use this to take tempreatures by way of the ear canal
What is Infrared?
500
The layers of gases that surrounds the earth and makes re entering the earth hard
What is the atmosphere?
500
Examples of these include a parachute, streamer and helicopter.
What is a recovery method?
500
This is the only force on a rocket that is perpendicular to the rocket. It provides stability during flight.