People
What celestial body has the most mass in our solar system?
The Sun.
This country was the first to send an artificial object, a dog, and a person up into space.
Who is Russia?
This is the name of any object that orbits a larger object.
What is a satellite?
A meteor that survives its trip through the atmosphere and lands on the surface of the earth.
This is the planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The first manmade satellite that went to space.
What is Sputnik?
This man became the first American in space with a 15 minute flight.
Who is Alan Shepard?
This is the space station being developed by a group of several nations.
What is the International Space Station?
Name the objects in space that can become meteorites
What is an asteroid, a meteoroid, and a meteor.
This planet is tipped on its side.
What is Uranus?
Project Apollo focused on what?
The exploration of the moon, orbiting and landing on the moon.
Because the heat and energy from the sun forces the comet's tail to flow away from the sun.
Did the Soviet Union win every battle in the space race?
No, but they had many firsts such as the first satellite and the first human in space.
What is light year?
The distance light travels in one year.
Name the 5 dwarf planets
What is Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake?
Name all of the asteroid belts in our solar system.
What are the main asteroid belt, the Kuiper belt, and the Oort cloud?
What are the requirements for a celestial body to be classified as a planet?
1. Must be round.
2. Must have its own orbit.
3. Must be able to clear the space around it.
4. Must not cross the path of another planet's orbit.
What acronym do we use to help us remember the planets?
My Very Excellent Mother Just Made Us Nachos
or something similar
What is the solar system?
What were the primary responsibilities of the Space Shuttle?
To service missions to the Hubble Telescope and the ISS.
A short period comet is
A comet with an orbit less than 200 years.
Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon. There was another astronaut that walked on the moon with him.
Who is "Buzz" Aldrin?
This was the first artificial object to ever be put into space.
What is Sputnik 1?
What do we call rocky, earth like planets?
Terrestrial planets
What is the difference between an asteroid and a meteor?
A meteor is an asteroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere.