Planets
The planet often called the morning star
Venus
I was the first American to orbit the earth
Glenn
_________________ is the turning back or turning aside of any wave when it hits an obstacle.
Reflection
First U.S. space station
Skylab
Any back and forth motion that repeatedly follows the same pattern is called ____________.
Oscillation
The planet with the Great Red Spot
Jupiter
I was the first man to travel in space
The ____________ is a device used to make distant objects appear clearer and closer.
Telescope
First U.S satellite
Explorer 1
Mars is one of the ________ planets.
inner
The planet best known for its rings
Saturn
I discovered that white light is made up of many colors
Newton
A ___________ is a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis.
Spectroscope
Placed into orbit by a space shuttle to aid astronomers in their studies of the heavens
Hubble Space Telescope
Jupiter is one of the __________ planets.
Outer
Jupiter’s moon
Ganymede
I discovered the planet Uranus
Herschel
_________ are rotating stars that emit directional beams of radio waves.
Pulsars
A ___________ satellite should relay a phone call from England to Australia.
Communications
Watever carries a wave is called the
Wave medium
The planet with wind speeds of over 1,200 mph
Neptune
I am known as the “Father of Modern Rocketry
Goddard
People who journey into outer space are called
Astronauts
Meteorologists would use information from a _______ satellite to learn of a coming hurricane.
Weather
A _________ is an unmanned spacecraft launched specifically to explore the unknown.
Space Probe