STEM: Flight & Space

The study or practice of travel through the air.

• Astronautics

• Aerospace

• Aerodynamics

• Aeronautics

This person designs machines that fly.

• Aerospace Engineer

• Mechanical Engineer

• Pilot

• Electrical Engineer

Resistance of the air (technically a fluid) against the forward movement of an airplane.

• Force

• Thrust

• Lift

• Drag

The central body of an aircraft where wings and stabilizers are attached.

• Fuselage

• Flaps

• Wings

• Rudder

For every action there is an equal and opposition reaction.

• Newton's Third Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's First Law

Objects resting, stay resting and objects moving, stay moving unless acted on by outside force

• Newton's Third Law

• Newton's Second Law

• Newton's First Law

The up or down movement of an aircraft.

• Roll

• Pitch

• Yaw

The clockwise or counterclockwise rotating motion of an aircraft.

• Roll

• Pitch

• Yaw

• Camber

A force applied to a body to propel it in a desired direction. Push into air.

• Drag

• Weight

• Lift

• Thrust

The force created by the gravitational attraction of the earth on the airplane. (Not lift)

• Weight

• Thrust

• Drag

• Lift