Technology for Space Exploration

A reusable spacecraft that launches with the aid of rocket boosters and liquid fuel.

• Orbiter

• Space Probe

• Space Station

• Space Shuttle

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A long-term crewed spacecraft on which scientific research can be carried out.

• Orbiter

• Space Station

• Space Shuttle

• Space Probe

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An uncrewed vehicle that carries scientific instruments to distant objects in space.

• Space Shuttle

• Orbiter

• Space Station

• Space Probe

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An uncrewed spacecraft that is designed to enter into orbit around another object in space.

• Orbiter

• Space Shuttle

• Space Probe

• Space Station

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A craft designed to land on the surface of a body in space.

• Space Shuttle

• Gee, a LANDER?

• Rover

• Rocket

A small vehicle that comes out of a lander and explores the surface of a planet or moon beyond the landing site.

• Lander

• Orbiter

• Rover

• Rocket

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Any human-made thing placed in orbit around a body in space

• artificial satellite

• Rocket

• Rover

• Lander

A machine using gas, often from burning fuel, to escape Earth's gravitational pull

• artificial satellite

• rocket

• lander

• orbiter

Why do astronauts need to use rockets to get into space?

• They're fast

• Uses lots of burning fuel

• Needs to have a force great enough to escape Earth's gravitational pull

• They're big

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How many solid rocket boosters (SRBs) does a Space Shuttle use?

• 5

• 1

• 2

• 3