Introduction to Space Science 2020

Our solar system contains ___ star(s).

• One

• Three

• Two hundred

• Eighty eight thousand

Space craft that circles a large body.

• Flybys

• Orbiters

• Landers

• Probe

Stars in a galaxy are held together by ___.

• Light

• Radiation

• Gravity

• Satellites

Today, the number of satellites orbiting the Earth is in the...

• hundreds.
• thousands.
• billions.
• millions.

WHAT STARTED THE SPACE RACE ?  

• SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED  SPUTNIK 
• UNITED STATES ESTABLISHED NASA
• THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM
• 1ST FEMALE COSMONAUT LAUNCHED INTO SPACE

HOW DID THE U.S. WIN THE SPACE RACE?  

• LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SATELLITE 
• LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUT INTO SPACE
• THE 1ST ASTRONAUTS ON THE MOON
• JOHN GLENN ORBITING THE EARTH

Which of the following is considered a satellite?

• Orbiters

• Landers

• Flybys

• Probes

A satellite in which people can live on or work for long periods of time

• space station

• flyby

• natural satellite

• the Moon

An orbiter lands on a planet

• True

• False

This satellite takes more detailed pictures than a flyby:

• orbiter

• natural satellite

• probe

• space station