Celestial Bodies
This planet is known for it's many rings and is the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system.
What is Saturn?
This key component, first seen in 1981, typically appears twice on a rocket, delivers thrust to the vehicle, and seperates after all of its propellant is used up.
What is a Booster?
This space flight participant is famously known for being the first living creature sent to space in 1957.
Who is Laika(the dog)?
This term describes an area where gravity is so strong that light cannot escape it.
What is a Black Hole?
In 2013, NASA's curiosity sang this song to itself.
What is "Happy Birthday"?
This spiral galaxy, considered our sister galaxy, is located 2.5 million light years away and required over 1,000 Hubble Orbits to fully photograph its entirety.
What is the Andromeda Galaxy? (also accepted: What is Messier 31/M31?)
During 1957, this kind of missile was developed and first tested by the Soviet Union and played a critical role in the nuclear arms race of the Cold War.
What is an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile(ICBM)?
This cosmonaut was the first man to make it to space in April of 1961.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
This term describes a planet that is beyond our solar system.
What is an Exoplanet?
In 2016, astronaut Mark Kelly snuck what onto the ISS to scare other astronauts onboard.
What is a Gorilla Suit?
This comet first discovered in 1705 and named after an English astronomer is famous for it's 76 year orbital period around our sun and last visited Earth in 1986.
What is Halley's Comet? (also accepted: What is 1P?)
Considered the father of modern rocketry, this man successfully launched the first liquid-fueled rocket in May of 1926.
Who is Robert Goddard?
This astronaut left two golf balls on the lunar surface during their mission in 1971.
Who is Allen Sheppard?
This term describes the collection of dust and gases that form in the empty spaces between stars and other celestial bodies.
What is a Nebula?
This spacecraft was deliberately plunged into Saturn's atmosphere after using all of it's propellant during it's 20-year journey there.
What is NASA's Cassini?
This ring of icy objects lies beyond the orbit of Neptune, housing Pluto, Arrokoth, and other dwarf planets.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
This rocket holds the title of "Largest Rocket Launched"; standing at 408 feet tall, produces over 18 million lbs of thrust, and was first launched by SpaceX in 2023.
What is SpaceX's Starship?
(also accepted: What is SpaceX's Super Heavy Rocket?)
This cosmonaut served as the first woman in space in 1963 at only 26 years old on a solo 3 day long mission.
Who is Valentina Tereshkova?
This particular thing is thought to make up ~27% of the universe, also believed to be the thing that holds the universe together.
What is Dark Matter?
In 1965, astronaut John Young smuggled this kind of sandwich in his pocket resulting in floating crumbs in the cockpit of the Gemini 3 mission.
What is a Corned Beef Sandwich? (also accepted: What is a Rye Bread Sandwich?)
Cygnus-1, the first black hole, was officially discovered during this year by Paul Murdin and Louise Webster.
When is 1971?
The Artemis 1 SLS used four of these engines to boost the rocket into space.
What is the Space Shuttle Main Engine(SSME)? (also accepted: What is the RS-25?)
This astronaut stayed behind on the capsule while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took humanity's first steps on the moon.
Who is Michael Collins?
This kind of orbit describes an elliptical orbit that the new International Gateway space station will take where it will periodically be closer to the Moon's surface and other times be closer to Earth's surface.
What is Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit(NRHO)?
15 seconds to give three reasons why the Earth isnt flat
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