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| How does a rocket move forward? |
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| A rocket moves forward when gass shooting out of the back, pushes the rocket in the opposite direction (thrust) |
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| What is the main advantage of a multistage rocket? |
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| As the stages depart, the wieght of the rocket is less, using less fuel |
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| The reaction force that propels and object forward |
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| The feeling of being wieghtless |
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Something used on Earth, but developed for space |
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| What is a large, artificial satelitte in which people can live for long peroids? |
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| What is a space station's source of power? |
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| Solar pannels with large backup batteries |
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| What type of spacecraft is bes suited to explore areas farther away than the moon? |
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| What is the only planet a space probe has not explored? |
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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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| The part of a space shuttle that can carry a satellite |
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| Who was the space race between? |
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| The United States and the former Soviet Union |
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| What was the beginning of the space race? |
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| When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, was launched by the Soviet Union |
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| Who was the first american in space? |
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| The american effort to land humans on the moon |
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