Unit 8: Space Technology

Who first successfully invented the refracting telescope?

• Galileo Galilei

• Yuri Gagarin

• Neil Armstrong

• James Webb

A telescope with two convex lenses on the same line is called ________.

• Space telescope

• Radio telescope

• refracting telescope

A vehicle used to launch a satellite into the earth's orbit or a space craft into the space.

• Space shuttle

• Rocket

• Space station

• Space craft

A spaceflight vehicle with major missions including launching numerous satellite and space crafts. It is also used to recover damaged satellites or return them to the earth for maintenance.

• Space station

• Space shuttle

• Rocket

• Space craft

A device constructed and launched into earth's orbit for some mission such as communication and weather forecast.

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Which of the following is a space station?

• Skylab

• Mir

• Voyager

• Pioneer

Which of the following is deployed as weather satellite?

• Sputnik

• Thaicom

• Spy satellite

• TIROS

It is used as place for astronauts to stay and work during mission for a long period of time.

• Space craft

• Satellite

• Space Station

• Rocket

A vehicle, vessel or machine designed to fly in outer space for explorations of the moon and other planets in the solar system.

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A person who is trained for space missions.