Inner Planets
This is the third planet from the Sun.
What is Earth?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
These objects orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
What is Asteroids?
The first woman in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
Katy Perry released this space-themed song in 2010-2011
What is E.T?
The smallest inner planet and closest to the Sun.
What is Mercury?
This planet has beautiful rings made of ice and rock
What is Saturn
A huge ball of hot gas that’s the center of our solar system
What is the Sun?
The first American woman in space.
Who is Sally Ride?
This acronym stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
What is NASA?
This planet is known for its red appearance
What is Mars?
This icy blue planet spins on its side.
What is Uranus?
This dwarf planet was once considered the ninth planet
What is Pluto?
This NASA mathematician’s story was featured in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This is what scientists call a planet’s path around the Sun.
What is an orbit?
This planet spins backwards and has thick clouds of acid.
What is Venus?
The farthest gas giant with wild winds and storms.
What is Neptune?
Our solar system formed around this many billion years ago
What is 4.5 billion years?
A fun one! Pop star Katy Perry’s “E.T.” music video was inspired by sci-fi themes and released the same year a record number of women went to space!
What is 2011?
This word describes a planet’s spinning motion.
What is rotation?
This inner planet is the hottest in the solar system because of its thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide.
What is Venus
This gas giant has the most moons of any planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This is the name of the force that keeps all the planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is Gravity
This American astronaut was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission — and she did it twice!
Who is Eileen Collins?
In 2011, this pop star’s sci-fi themed hit song “E.T.” was released, the same year the most women ever went to space.
Who is Katy Perry?