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science friday test
chap 2. idk?
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Science
8th Grade
03/02/2011

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space probe
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A spacecraft that has various scientific instruments that can collect data, including visual images, but has no human crew
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rocket
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a device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction
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space shuttle
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a spacecraft that can carry a crew into space, return to Earth, and then be reused for the same purpose.
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Sputnik I
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first satillite in space
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apollo
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trip to the moon
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space station
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A large artifical satellite on which people can live and work for long periods
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thrust
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The reaction force that propels a rocket forward
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obital velocity
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The velocity a rocket must achieve to establish an orbit around a body in space
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solar cells
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