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Astronauts
Planets
Newton
Rockets
Missions
100
Neil Armstrong
Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
100
Venus
What is Earth's twin?
100
Newton's second law of motion
What is the acceleration a of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force F acting on the body, is in the direction of the net force, and is inversely proportional to the mass m of the body, i.e., F = ma.
100
A vehicle, typically cylindrical, containing liquid or solid propellants which produce hot gasses.
What is a rocket?
100
The two space shuttle missions that ended in disaster.
What is Challenger and Discovery?
200
Yuri Gagarin
Who was the first person in space?
200
The Red Planet
What is the nickname for Mars?
200
When two bodies interact by exerting force on each other, these action and reaction forces are equal in magnitude, but opposite in direction.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
200
The first artificial satellite launched by the Russians.
What is Sputnik?
200
Apollo 13
What Apollo mission was aborted when an oxygen tank exploded two days into the mission?
300
John Glenn
Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
300
Deimos and Phobos
What is the name of Mars moons?
300
A rocket launch.
What is an example of Newton's Third Law?
300
A material that produces pressurized gasses.
What is propellant?
300
ISS
What is the acronym for the International Space Station.
400
Christa McAuliffe
Who was the first teacher to go into space?
400
Blue Icy Wonder
What is the nickname for Neptune?
400
Sir Isaac Newton
What is the name of the person for whom Newton's Laws of Motion are named after?
400
Friction forces in the atmosphere that slow a rocket's flight.
What is drag?
400
Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity
What is name of the three most recent rovers sent to Mars?
500
Michael Collins
What is the name of the astronaut who remained in orbit during the moon landing in 1963?
500
The god of agriculture in Roman mythology. Is also the father of Jupiter, the king of the Roman gods.
What is Saturn?
500
Newton's First Law of Motion
What is every object continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless compelled to change that state by external forces acted upon it?
500
The cargo carried by a rocket.
What is payload?
500
Hubble Space Telescope
What is the name of the first major optical telescope in space?