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48 Cards in this Set
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first to build a liquid fuel rocket?
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goddard
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first american to orbit the earth?
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john glenn
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first man to walk on the moon?
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neil armstrong
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first american to walk in space?
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edward white
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first man to orbit the earth?
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yuri gagarin
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first rocket developed?
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flying fire
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first man made satellite?
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sputnik 1
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first space vehicle to explore jupiter?
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galileo
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first US space station?
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skylab
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first space vehicle to visit all four gas giants?
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voyager 2
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first US satellite launched into space?
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explorer 1
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first space vehicle developed by germany?
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V-2
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what did explorer 1 contribute to discovering that increased man's knowledge of the earth?
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the van allen belt
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what space vehicle is reuseable?
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space shuttle
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a rocket's movement can be explained by which of isaac newton's laws?
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the third law of motion
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in newton's third law of motion it states that for every...
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for every action, there is an equal yet opposite reaction.
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what are objects in orbit called?
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sattelites
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what is each rocket in a stack making a larger rocket called?
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stage
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what type or orbit are weather sattelites usually placed?
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polar
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what type of space vehicle does not travel in an orbit?
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probes
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what european probe came closest to halleys comet?
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giotto
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what module was the only part of apollo to return to earth?
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command module
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which apollo flight first landed on the moon?
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apollo 11
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who was the first female space shuttle astronaut (who rode on the challenger)?
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sally ride
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what space shuttle was destryed during liftoff?
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challenger
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when did man first land on the moon?
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july 20, 1969
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what space program tested procedures needed to put a man on the moon?
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project gemini
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what are the names of types of orbits?
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synchronous, polar, and geostationary.
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what is the GPS system used for?
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navigation
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to remain in orbit, what must a satelite do as it comes near the earth?
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accelerate
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what are different types of guidance systems?
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gyroscopic, stick, fins
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what fuel did robert goddard burn in his rockets?
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gasoline and liquid oxygen
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what does 'the rocket's red glare' in the national anthem refer to?
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congreve rockets
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what was the guidance system hale used with his rockets?
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(three) fins
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what country is believed to have built the first rockets?
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china
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did the chinese invent and use rockets to defend their cities against the monguls?
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yes
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is the launching of a rocket based on the principals involved in newton's third law of motion?
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yes
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do studies during the international geophysical year include data obtained by satelites?
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yes
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is the hubble space telescope a probe?
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no
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are GPS satellites application satellites?
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yes
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have probes been used to investigate space and other planets?
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yes
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did the ranger project involve investigations if the moon for a possible landing site?
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yes
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did the eauropean probe giotto strike the neucleus of halley's comet?
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no
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were the first manned american space flights called project mercury?
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yes
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did the command module of apollo spacecraft land on the moon?
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no
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have soviets ever landed on the moon?
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no
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was the first space station, salyut 1, placed in orbit by the USSR?
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yes
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do space programs have any benefit to the people living on earth?
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yes
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