Spacecrafts in History
The first artificial earth satellite launched in October 1957
What is Sputnik?
The number of primary subsystems used in unmanned satellites
What is seven?
This threshold is generally considered to be 50 miles above the earth's surface
What is the beginning of space?
The first person to step foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
17,500 miles per hour
What is minimal orbit velocity?
Launched in 1990, this satellite continues to transmit approximately 120 gigabytes of data per week
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The subsystem responsible for maneuvering a satellite in space
What is guidance, navigation and control (GN&C)?
Although beautiful when released, this yellow space junk is one you would prefer to avoid
What is urine?
Born and raised in Caribou, ME. She recently completed 205 days on the ISS and a 2020 Times Mag. top 100 most influential people in 2020.
Who is Jessica Meir?
An astronaut would expect to see one of these every 45 minutes
What is a sun rise?
This spacecraft has been a temporary home to over 244 astronauts from 19 different countries
What is the International Space Station?
Typically made of gold, shinny materials help to minimize the absorption of this heat transfer type
What is thermal radiation?
On earth, this atom forms stable molecules that support life, but in space it flies solo and erodes most materials
What is oxygen?
Laika, weighing about 10 pounds, is widely credited to be the first astronaut and a member of this animal family
What is a dog?
They must be less than 6 feet tall and no more than 40 years old
What are astronauts?
Deep Impact is the first successful mission to make contact with one of these
What is an asteroid?
This subsystem is responsible for approximately 70% of all spacecraft failures
What are communications?
This small material can be seen from earth as shooting stars and recently punctured the main crew cabin of the ISS
What is space dust (micro-meteor)?
Achieving suborbital space flight in 1961, this Russian is credited with being the first human in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
8,300 and expected to double in by the year 2040
What is the number of rocket launches to space?
This campany made the Dragon which was the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the ISS
Who is SpaceX?
The aggregate collection of subsystems utilized to support a payload
What is the bus?
This phenomena, occurring approximately once per week, can knock out communication and electronic equipment in orbit
What is a solar flare?
He is the first Canadian to walk in space, and famously the first astronaut to record an album from the ISS
Who is Tom Hadfield?
Gene Roddenberry, creator or Star Trek and numerous space fiction novels is the first human have one of these in space
What is a funeral?