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28 Cards in this Set
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1957-Sputnik 1 orbited Earth |
Past
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1962-John Glenn first US citizen to orbit Earth |
past
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1969- Neil Armstrong and Edwin Alrdrin walked on the moon |
past
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1972-pioneer made it thru the astroid belt currently heading beyond solar system |
past
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1995- US and Russia began Era of cooperation -Russians and 1 American stayed in "Mir" the Russian space station |
present
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1961-Alan Shepard was in space |
past
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international space station (ISS) draws on resources from 16 nations -being built currently -Study diverse topics |
present
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1996- Mars global Surveyor orbited mars takin pictures of surface -mars pathfinder landed on mars and studied its surface |
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1997- "Cassini" was landed and reached Saturn in 2004 |
present
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New Millenium Program (NMP) -developing smart space craft to be sent out in the future |
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August 1962 verified high temps in Venus's atmos. |
Mariner 2
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March 1972 1st probe to encounter an outer planet sent pics of jupiter |
pioneer 10
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August 1975 mapped surface of mars searche for life on Mars |
Viking 1
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mapped venus surfuce collected data about composition of venus's atmos |
Magellan
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obtained 1st good images of Mercury |
Mariner 10
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soviet probe took pictures of Venus |
Venera
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1989- small probe released in Jupiters atmos. studied violent atmos -1995- reached Jupiter sent back pictures of Jupiters moon (europa) |
Galileo
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flybys of outer planets-(jupiter, uranus, neptune) -now heading towards deep space |
Voyager 2
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A refracting telescope is a type of ____ telescope.
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optical
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Radio waves and gamma rays are twoo types of ____ waves.
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electromagnetic
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Sound waves are examples of _____.
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mechanical waves
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A _________ uses mirrors to focus light from the object being viewed.
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reflicting telescope
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Because radio waves can pass freely through Earth's atmostphere ______ are useful under most weather conditions.
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radio telescope
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A _____ is a motor that burns that burns fuel without air.
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rocket
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In a _____, ligth passes through a double convex lens and is bent to form an image on the focal plane.
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refracting telescope
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To hear astronauts in space, the sound waves are converted to _____ and then back to sound waves.
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radio waves
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All electromagnetic waves travel at the same ____.
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speed
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______ travels at 300,000 km/s in a vacuum.
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Light
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