Space Exploration

Any object that revolves around another object

• orbiter
• satellite
• moon
• stalker

First artificial satellite launched into space

• Laika
• Sergei
• Sigmund
• Sputnik

Instrument that travels into the solar system, gathers information and sends it back to Earth

• Space shuttle
• Rocket
• Space ship
• Space probe

Country that landed the first man on the Moon

• Soviet Union (Russia)
• Iceland
• China
• USA

Phase 1 of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. Sent the first piloted spacecraft around Earth

• Project Gemini
• Project Apollo
• Project X
• Project Mercury

Phase 2 of getting to the Moon. Orbited teams of 2 astronauts

• Project Gemini
• Project Moon
• Project Apollo
• Project Mercury

Final stage of USA’s goal to get to the Moon. This program landed a spacecraft on the Moon.

• Project Moon
• Project Apollo
• Project Mercury
• Project Gemini

Long term research laboratory in space, constructed with resources from 15 different nations.

• Space Shuttle
• Space Probe
• Satellite
• International Space Station

First man to land on the Moon

• Neil Armstrong
• Buzz Aldrin
• Yuri Gagarin
• John Glenn

Reusable spacecraft that transports astronauts, satellites, and other materials to and from space.

• Space ship
• Space shuttle
• Voyager 1
• Space station