Space Exploration Vocabulary

What do we call a vehicle designed to propel itself by ejecting exhaust gas from one one end?

• jet

• rocket

• probe

• bicycle

What is the name of the United States' first Earth-orbiting satellite (1958)?

• Explorer 1

• Sputnik

• Explorer 58

• Challenger

True or False:

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth-orbiting satellite launched into space.

• true

• false

Any small object that orbits a larger object is called a (a)   .

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

True or False:

The moon is a natural satellite of Earth.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does NASA stand for?

• National Awesome Sauce Administration

• National Aviation & Science Administration

• National Aeronautics & Space Administration

• National Aeronautics & Sausages Administration

A (a)   is a space probe that touches down or lands on surfaces.

True or False:

Flybys are space probes that do NOT orbit or land.

• True

• False

How long do orbiters orbit?

• 1 year

• 12 days

• forever

• depends on how much fuel they carry

The goal of an orbiter is to be caught in an object's orbit?

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2