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21 Cards in this Set
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Project Apollo
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A series of missions designed to take humans to the moon and back safely.
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Project Mercury
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A project designed to send a human in orbit around the earth.
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Project Gemini
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A mission sending a man and equipment in spaceflight for two weeks.
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Comet
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Is a small icy solar system body.
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Meteor
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A small body from space that hits the earths body.
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Meteorite
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A stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
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Asteroid
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A small rocky object that orbits the sun.
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Radio Telescope
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A telescope that picks up radiation.
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Refracting Telescope
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A telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece.
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Reflecting Telescope
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A telescope with a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece.
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Observatory
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a building designed and used for observing astronomy.
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Equinox
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When the sun crosses the Earths equator and day and night are the same length.
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Space Shuttle
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A reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere.
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Space Station
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An artificial satellite designed for scientific research.
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Axis
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A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
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Revolution
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A single complete turn.
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Maria
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A dark region of the moon.
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Mars
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A small reddish planet that is 4th from the sun.
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Saturn
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A giant planet that is surrounded by three large rings.
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Neptune
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A giant planet with a ring of ice around it.
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Sphere
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A round 3D object such as a planet.
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