• Rotation• Jupiter• Terrestrial• Revolution• An Orbit• Meteorite• Asteroids• Rocket• First Moon Landing• Comet• Gas Giants• I.S.S.
• Probe• Mass and Distance• Galileo• The Sun• Spacesuit• Asteroid Belt• Proj. Mercury• Proj. Apollo• Proj. Gemini• Hubble Space Telescope• Gravity• The Moon
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• Provides a places for scientists to conduct experiments• Many different countries use it
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• Which two factors affect the strength of gravitational pull?
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• Allow an Astronaut to :– Survive in extreme conditions– Walk in spacewalks outside of shuttle– Walk on the Moon
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• Sent into space to:– Gather data– Look at far away planets
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• Apollo 11 Mission• Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin both
participated in.
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• Celestial object that orbits Earth
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• Characteristic of an Inner Planet
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• Spinning of Earth on it’s axis• Occurs every 24 hours • Reason we have days and nights
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• Made of rocky or iron material found in the solar system
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• Ganymede, Io, Callisto and Europa orbit which planet?
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• Outer Planets Characteristics – Huge– Cold– Hundreds of Moons– Their nickname is_____________?
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• 1958• United States• Mission was to send a man into outer space
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• Craters made from when space rocks hit Earth• That space rock is called a ______________
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• 1990• United States• Allows us to see FAR into the universe• Had to have a mirrors fixed
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• Celestial Object• Small mass, large body of frozen ice and rock• Bright glowing tail • Has an orbital path
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• Was an astronomer• Discovered 4 of Jupiter’s moons• Improved the design of the telescope in
1600’s
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• Located between Mars and Jupiter
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• 1962• United States• Send two people into space and participate in
first space walk
19• ___________ is a motor that can burn fuel
without requiring air
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• Natural attractive force that pulls• Keeps all the celestial bodies in the solar
system in their place• Controls the orbit of a planet
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• 1969• United States• Mission to land a man on the Moon
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• Curved path that revolves around an object
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• Movement of Earth around the sun• Takes a year to complete (365 days)
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• Greatest Mass in Solar System• Dense • Composed of hot gasses