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Space Exploration
Space Exploration and NASA
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Science
8th Grade
04/03/2013

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Order Of Exploring Space
Definition
1. Telescope
2. Rockets
3. Satellites
4. Space Probes
Term
4 things scientists do to dead or dying satellites
Definition
1. shoot it down
2. fix it/ bring it back
3. Graveyard Orbits
4. Burn it up
Term
What do the green lights represent?
Definition
Northern Lights
Term
Book about the movie "October Sky"
Definition
Rocket Boys
Term
President who adressed Congress with the idea of landing a man on the moon?
Definition
JFK
Term
Years Apollo Missions take place?
Definition
1961-1975
Term
2 major setbacks of the Apollo Missions and what happened?
Definition
Apollo 1- burned up on launch pad
Apollo 13- was in space and oxygen tank blew and supplies were lost so they came back without getting to the moon.
Term
Date and year we put a man on the moon
Definition
July 20th 1969
Term
first two astronauts to walk on the moon?
Definition
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
Term
Date Apollo 11 was launched
Definition
July 16th 1969
Term
How many days does it take to land on the moon?
Definition
4 days
Term
how many years did Homer work for NASA?
Definition
17 years
Term
College Homer attended?
Definition
Virginia Tech
Term
City Homer was raised in?
Definition
Coalwood, West Virginia
Term
Shorter the wave length what frequency?
Definition
Higher
Term
Use light to magnefy images?
Definition
Optical Tel.
Term
Convex lenses
Definition
Refracting tel.
Term
Concave Mirror
Definition
Reflecting tel.
Term
Studies Radio waves?
Definition
Radio tel.
Term
Motors that dont require air?
Definition
Rockets
Term
Cant be stopped
Definition
Solid-propellant rockets
Term
can be stopped and re used
Definition
Liquid-propellant rockets
Term
What animal did they send into space before humans?
Definition
Monkeys
Term
Apollo mission that had us walking on the moon?
Definition
Apollo 11
Term
First US citizen in space?
Definition
Alan B. Shepard
Term
Last time we sent somebody into space?
Definition
1979
Term
How do you get black lung disease
Definition
working in coal mines
Term
How many lunar landings resulted from project Apollo
Definition
6
Term
What two planets is there an astroid belt between?
Definition
Mars and Jupiter
Term
before sending humans what 3 things did they send into space
Definition
1. Rockets
2. Satellites
3. Probes
Term
purpose of project mercury?
Definition
get people in space orbit earth and back
Term
purpose of project Gemini?
Definition
Long term effects on Humans
Term
Purpose of project Apollo?
Definition
Land a Man on the moon
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