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Living and Working in Space
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02/03/2011

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What is a future space station which is a joint venture with US, Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia?
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Space Station Alpha
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How long did astronauts stay aboard the Salyut 7?
Definition
234 days
Term
What is in the air inside a space station?
Definition
a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen
Term
Who was the first American to walk in space?
Definition
Ed White
Term
When was the first space walk conducted by an American astronaut?
Definition
June 1965
Term
How long was did the longest EVA last?
Definition
7 hours and 1 minute
Term
During what decade did space suit design begin in?
Definition
1930's
Term
What type of suits did the astronauts of Project Mercury wear?
Definition
pressure suits
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During what spaceflight did astronauts take off their space suits for the first time?
Definition
Gemini 7
Term
The space suits designed for what mission allowed astronauts, for the first time, to carry their oxygen on their backs and carry a supply of drinking water?
Definition
Apollo
Term
The space suits designed for what mission could be put on one layera at a time and could accomodate a man or a woman?
Definition
the Space Shuttle
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When was the Manned Maneuvering Unit used for the first time?
Definition
1984
Term
What unit fits on the astronaut's back and allows him or her to move around without being tied to the spacecraft?
Definition
the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU)
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What is a natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth?

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Satellite
Term
What is the path a satellite takes around a celestial body?
Definition
Orbit
Term
What is the lowest point of an orbit?
Definition
Perigee
Term
What is the highest point of an orbit?
Definition
Apogee
Term
What was the first artificial satellite?
Definition
Sputnik
Term
What are communication satelites called?
Definition
COMSAT
Term
What is the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization?
Definition
INTELSAT
Term
What are navigational satellites called?
Definition
NAVSTAR
Term
Wht are satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface?
Definition
LANDSAT
Term
What are Geostationary Operational Environmental Satelllites?
Definition
GOES
Term
From what language does the word satellite come from?
Definition
French
Term
Who discovered several objects moving around Jupiter in 1611?
Definition
Johannes Kepler
Term
When did the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, discover several objects moving around Jupiter
Definition
1611
Term
What year did the Russians launch Sputnik?
Definition
1957
Term
What was the name of the first artificial satelite launched into space?
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Sputnik
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How many natural satellites does the planet Earth have?
Definition
One (the Moon)
Term
What was the name of the first communication satellite to broadcast from orbit?
Definition
Score
Term
How long did the satellite Score operate for?
Definition
13 days
Term
What was the name ofthe first commercial satellite?
Definition
Telstar 1
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What year did the first commercial satellite come into existence?
Definition
1962
Term
What year were the first taped messages broadcast from orbit?
Definition
1958
Term
What year were the first taped messages broadcast from orbit?
Definition
1958
Term
How many telephone conversations could the satellite Telestar 1 retransmit at one time?
Definition
60 two-way telephone conversations
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How many natins make up the Intenrational Telecommunications Satelellite Organization?
Definition
109
Term
How many satellites are controlled by the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization?
Definition
16
Term
What year did INTELSAT launch a satellite that accommodated 15,000 two-way voice circuites and two television channels simultaneously?
Definition
1989
Term
What does TDRSS stand for?
Definition
the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Term
What consists of three active satellites that provides a simultaneous full-time coverage for the space shuttle and up to 25 other NASA low-earth orbiting spacecraft
Definition
TDRSS (the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System)
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What is a network consisting of three deep space communication complexes used to provide continuous communications for planetary spacecraft probing into deep space?
Definition
The deep Space Network
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What provides reliable and timely communications information around the world?
Definition
Communication satellite
Term
What type of satellite's payload consists of the electronics and control that ensure all signals are received, amplified and retransmitted to the appropriated destination error-free?
Definition
Communication satellites
Term
Successful communicatin links require a direct line of sight with both of what two things?
Definition
transmitting and reciving station on Earth or other satellites
Term
Satellite communication today normally involves what?
Definition
an intermediate ground station
Term
What was the name of first navigational satellite?
Definition
Transit
Term
What satellite was developed to provide Polaris missle submarines with the ability to fix accurate positions?
Definition
Transit
Term
What is a civilian and military navigational satellite that offers a precise positiong service?
Definition
NAVSTAR GPS
Term
What three things are included in a typical satellite navigation systems?
Definition
1) constellation of navigation satellites
2) ground control facility to provide accurate positioning information
3) the users who posses the proper decoding equipment
Term
What category of satellites locate natural resources and monitor other conditions on the Earth's surface?
Definition
Natural Resource Satellites
Term
What series of satellites monior agricultural conditions, aid urban planners in future development and management of coastal resources?
Definition
LANDSAT
Term
When was the first weather satellite launched
Definition
1 April 1960
Term
What was the name of the first weather satellite?
Definition
Tiros 1
Term
What satellite gives us pictures of the Earth's surface, pictures of clouds and provides information which helps with weather forecasting?
Definition
GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Term
What image did the satellite Tiros 1 send back the day it was launched into space?
Definition
a hurricane
Term
What does GPS stand for?
Definition
Global Positioning System
Term
What is the first and oldest US satellite series?
Definition
Explorer
Term
What year was the first U.S. satellite launched into space?
Definition
1958
Term
What was the name of the first U.S. satellite launched into space?
Definition
Explorer 1
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What U.S. satellite discovered the Van Allen radiation belts?
Definition
Explorer 1
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What group of satellites provided continuous solar observations for most of the 1960's and 1970's and furthered our studies of x-rays, gamma rays and ultraviolet rays?
Definition
the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO)
Term
What are satellites or spacecraft that either fly by, orbit or land on a celestial body, other than Earth called?
Definition
space probes
Term
What were the first probes to take pictures of the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings?
Definition
Rangers
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What series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us pictures of Venus' clouds and Mercury's cratered surface?
Definition
Mariner
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What series of space probes gave us pictures of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970's?
Definition
Pioneer
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What space probe explored the environment of Mars in 1975?
Definition
Viking
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What space probes encountered Jupiter and Saturn in the late 1970's and provided greatly improved pictures and data of these two planets?
Definition
Voyager 1 and 2
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What 5 things make up a satellite's systems?
Definition
1) people
2) the space environment
3) sub-systems
4) command and control system
5) a launch
Term
Who defines the overall purpose and requirements for the satellites?
Definition
customer
Term
What is heat energy emitted from the sun?
Definition
Radiation
Term
What 7 elements of the space environment can be damaging to a satellite?
Definition
1) atmospheric drag
2) gravity
3) radiation
4) charged particles
5) solar flares
6) micrometorites
7) space debris-natural and manmade
Term
What rocket was used to launch the GOES 8 weather satellite?
Definition
Atlas 1
Term
What year was the GOES 8 weather satellite launched into space?
Definition
1994
Term
What year did a paint chip hit the Space Shuttle Challenger?
Definition
1983
Term
What part of the Space Shuttle Challenger was hit by a paint chip in 1983?
Definition
the orbiter window
Term
What are the 6 elements of a satellite's sub-system?
Definition
1) structure
2) propulsion system
3) attitude control
4) power system
5) thermal control
6) command and control system
Term
What defines the satellite's purpose, what services will be provided, why the satellite is being built and how it should be designed?
Definition
the mission
Term
What refers to the sensors and instruments used to perform the mission?
Definition
payload
Term
What satellite system provides the boost to get the satellite into orbit?
Definition
Propulsion system
Term
What is used to make minor corrections in directions for a satellite?
Definition
Attiude control system
Term
What is the main source of electricity while the satellite is in orbit?
Definition
The sun
Term
What are the two most common ways to control the temperature of a satellite?
Definition
insulation and heaters
Term
What is the information that tells a controller how the satellite is functioning?
Definition
telemetry
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What was the name of the Greek astronomer who gave us the first organized concept of celestial bodies?
Definition
Ptolemy
Term
What are planets, stars, comets or other large objects in space?
Definition
Celestial bodies
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Who developed a heliocentric theory of the universe in the 1400s?
Definition
Copernicus
Term
What theory places the Sun at the center while all the rest of the universe revolves around it?
Definition
Heliocentric theory
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What astronomer studied the motion and measured the movement of the planets?
Definition
Johannes Kepler
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Who created rules of motion that all celestial bodies, including artificial satellites obey?
Definition
Johannes Kepler
Term
What are the laws which define the rules of motion for all celestial bodies called?
Definition
Kepler's laws
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What law states that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at the focus?
Definition
Kepler's first law
Term
In what type of orbit is a satellite's altitude, velocity and speed are not constant?
Definition
Elliptical orbit
Term
What law explains the gravitational attraction or pull between bodies in the universe?
Definition
The Law of Universal Gravitation
Term
Who developed the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Definition
Sir Isaac Newton
Term
What is the dominant force affecting the motion of a satellite in an Earth orbit?
Definition
Earth's gravity
Term
What was the first US manned spaceflight project?
Definition
Mercury
Term
What was the first US manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in space, and the first two-man capsule?
Definition
Gemini
Term
What was the first US manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon?
Definition
Apollo
Term
What was the first US manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into space?
Definition
Skylab
Term
What was the first manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space?
Definition
Apollo-Soyuz
Term
What is US Space Transportation System (STS) for transporting into space and returning to Earth more commonly known as?
Definition
Space shuttle
Term
What does STS stand for?
Definition
Space Transportation System
Term
How many manned flights occurred under Project Mercury?
Definition
six manned flights
Term
How many years did Project Mercury last?
Definition
2 years
Term
When was the first American launched into space?
Definition
5 May 1961
Term
What was the name of the first American in space?
Definition
Alan Shepard
Term
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?
Definition
John Glenn
Term
Which one of Project Mercury's flights produced the first manned orbital flight?
Definition
Project Mercury's third manned flight
Term
How long did John Glenn's flight last when he first orbited the Earth?
Definition
4 hours 55 minutes
Term
How many times did John Glenn orbit the Earth when he first orbited the Earth?
Definition
3 times
Term
What was the name of the astronaut who flew the final Mercury flight?
Definition
Gordon Cooper
Term
How many times did Gordon Cooper orbit the Earth on the final Mercury flight?
Definition
22 times
Term
How long did the final flight of Project Mercury last?
Definition
34 hours 20 minutes
Term
How many Gemini flights were there?
Definition
10
Term
What project was the first rendezvous and docking of a manned spacecraft with another satellite?
Definition
Project Gemini
Term
What was the first two-man capsule?
Definition
Project Gemini
Term
What mission resulted in landing a man on the moon?
Definition
Apollo 11
Term
When did the first man land on the moon?
Definition
20 July 1969
Term
What mission resulted in the first man on the moon
Definition
Apollo 11
Term
What was the name of the second person to walk on the moon?
Definition
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Term
How many more flights after Apollo resulted in successful Moon landings?
Definition
5
Term
Which Apollo flight had to be aborted due to an explosion in the spacecraft?
Definition
Apollo 13
Term
What were the names of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission?
Definition
Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstron
Term
Which flight answered basic questions about survival in space?
Definition
Project Mercury
Term
Which manned space project's mission was to put a laboratory into space?
Definition
Skylab
Term
Which space project involved a linkup in space of an American and a Soviet manned spacecraft?
Definition
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Term
Who was the first man to walk in space?
Definition
Aleksei Loenov
Term
How many astronauts flew in space between 1975 and 1981?
Definition
none
Term
When was the Space Transportation System first launched?
Definition
April 1981
Term
What is the Space Transportation System commonly called?
Definition
the Space Shuttle
Term
What are the three main components of the Space Shuttle?
Definition
1) the orbiter
2) the solid rocket boosters
3) the external tank
Term
Which part of the Space Shuttle carries the crew and the payload?
Definition
the orbiter
Term
How long could the shuttle remain in space when it was first launched?
Definition
14 days
Term
How long can the Space Shuttle stay in orbit now?
Definition
30 days
Term
What was the name of the first Space Shuttle?
Definition
the Enterprise
Term
What are the names of the Space Shuttles that have gone into space?
Definition
1) Colombia
2) Challenger
3) Discovery
4) Atlantis
5) Endeavour
Term
What was the primary purpose of the first four flights of the Columbia?
Definition
how the Columbia would handle reentry into the Earth's atomosphere and how its protective shields would perform
Term
What was the first real operational flight of the Space Shuttle?
Definition
STS-5
Term
When did the first real operational flight of the Space Shuttle occur?
Definition
November 1982
Term
Who was the first American woman in space?
Definition
Dr. Sally Ride
Term
What Space Shuttle mission launched the first American woman into space?
Definition
STS-7 aboard the Challenger
Term
What Space Shuttle mission delivered the first European Space Agency Spacelab into space?
Definition
STS-9
Term
What Space Shuttle mission launched the Long Duration Exposure Facility into space?
Definition
STS-13
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What was the name of the Space Shuttle that exploded less than two minutes after takeoff on January 28, 1986
Definition
Challenger
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When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode?
Definition
28 January 1986
Term
What was the mission designation of the Challenger when it exploded?
Definition
STS-25
Term
Following the Challenger accident when did Space Shuttle flights resume?
Definition
29 September 1988
Term
When was the Hubble Space Telescope deployed?
Definition
April 1990
Term
What was the name of the shuttle that deployed the Hublble Space Telescope?
Definition
Discovery
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Why are objects seen through the Hubble Space Telescope much clearer than those seen from ground observations?
Definition
because it is free of any atmospheric interference
Term
How far above the Earth is the Hubble Telescope operating?
Definition
300 miles
Term
What was the name of the shuttle and its mission designation that placed the Galileo probe into space?
Definition
Atlantis, STS-34
Term
What was the mission designation which carried the European developed Spacelab into orbit in 1993?
Definition
STS-55
Term
What was the nambe of the first satellite launched into space?
Definition
Sputnik
Term
What year was Sputnik launched?
Definition
1957
Term
How many Sputniks were launched into space?
Definition
10
Term
What was the name of the first man in space?
Definition
Yuri Gagarin (Soviet Union)
Term
Who was the first woman in space?
Definition
Valentina Tereshkova (Soviet Union)
Term
When did the first woman go into space?
Definition
June 1963
Term
What was the name of the first Soviet space station?
Definition
Salyut 1
Term
When did the Soviets launch Salyut 1
Definition
April 1971
Term
What was the Soviets second space station?
Definition
Mir
Term
When did the Soviets launch Mir into space?
Definition
February 1986
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