A cardboard tube containing the rocket parachute
What is the BODY TUBE
This is usually pointy and and is inserted into the body tube before flight
What is the NOSE CONE
What goes up must ____ _____
What is COME DOWN
This person was the first man to ever walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong
An object reaches _______ _________ when it horizontal velocity balances the acceleration of gravity.
What is ORBITAL VELOCITY
Thrust is transmitted to the rocket body through this
What is the ENGINE MOUNT
Objects carried by the rocket during flight are here.
What is the PAYLOAD SECTION
What is Newton's third law of motion
This person was the first American to orbit the earth.
Who is John Glenn
This is how satellites capture pictures.
What is the SATELLITE CAMERA
Attached at the rear of the body tube, these are used to provide stability during flight
What are the FINS
This consists of a parachute and some lines to connect the parachute to the nose cone
What is the RECOVERY SYSTEM
As the flame burns through the ______, the rocket experiences powered flight.
What is PROPELLANT (OR FUEL)
This person was the first American in space.
Who is Alan Shepard
This is how satellites transmit pictures of Earth and other planets.
What is a SATELLITE DISH
A piece of wire that receives electricity from the launch controller to light the engine.
What is the IGNITER
Provides thrust for liftoff
What is the ROCKET ENGINE
This burns after the propellant to "delay" the parachute.
What is the DELAY CHARGE
This person was the first person to travel in space and in orbit.
Who is Yuri Gagarin
25,038.72 mph!
What is ESCAPE VELOCITY (how fast a rocket has to go to escape Earth's gravity)
Small tubes (straws) attached to the body tube
What is the LAUNCH LUG
An elastic _____ ______ is connected to both the body tube and the nose cone and is used to keep all the parts of the rocket together during recovery
What is the SHOCK CORD
This burns to "eject" the nose cone and deploy the parachute.
What is the EJECTION CHARGE
This person was the first woman to travel in space.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova
This is how many Earths could fit inside the sun.
What is 1,300,000 (1.3 million)