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This is one of the main uses of satellites.
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What is observing Earth's surface.
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The space race was between these two countries.
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What is the United States and the Soviet Union?
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This is NOT an advantage of space probes exploring space
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What is the design of a probe is based on assumptions about conditions it will encounter.
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Astronauts in space feel weightless because of this.
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What is they are falling through space around Earth?
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Data collected from moonquakes shows this about it.
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What is the center of the moon may be molten.
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During WWII, rockets were used for this purpose.
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What is to carry explosives?
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Rockets move forward because this happens.
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What is gas is propelled out of the back of the rocket?
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This person was the first in space.
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Who is Yuri Gagarin?
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Much of what scientists know about the moon has come from studying these.
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What are moon rocks?
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All of the following are space spin offs except:
A. Race Cars B. Joystick Controllers C. Cordless Power Tools D. Bar Codes |
What is A. Race Cars
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This person designed and built experimental rockets during the early 1900s in the United States.
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What is Robbert Goddard?
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The reaction force that propels a rocket forward.
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What is thrust?
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A large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods is called this.
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What is a space station?
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The American program to land people on the moon was called this.
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What is Apollo?
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This can be used many times to carry an astronaut into orbit.
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What is a space shuttle?
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