Space Exploration Technology

Which type of apparatus do scientists use to collect visible light and separate it into bands of color seen in the image?

• spectroscope

• telescope

• Seismograph

• Space probe

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The first major optical space telescope to be put into space was the Hubble Telescope

• Hubble Telescope

• Mir

• James Webb Space Telescope

• Voyager

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A small robotic space probe that can move about on the surface of a planet or moon is

• Orbiter

• Rover

• Space Station

• Apollo

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Unmanned space vehicles that take instruments into space to collect data are called

• Satellite

• Space Shuttle

• Rocket

• Space Probe

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Scientists at NASA are planning a human mission to the space station. Which of these spacecraft would they use to deliver astronauts to the space station?

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A Telescope that uses a set of lenses to gather and focus light from distant objects is called a

• refracting telescope

• optical looking device

• spectroscope

• reflecting telescope

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A telescope that uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant objects is called a ____________

• reflecting telescope

• refracting telescope

• spectroscope

• optical looking device

All of the following are benefits of unmanned space crafts EXCEPT

• instruments can be sent to places humans cannot go

• not required to carry luggage (oxygen, water, food)

• it can overcome any harsh atmospheric conditions

• Analysis time is delayed

What are some useful benefits of satellites? Choose 2.

• They take images of celestial objects too distant for humans to explore.

• They transport humans to the International Space Station.

• They provide television, phone, navigational services, and weather information.

• They deliver rovers to distant planets for observation.

• They travel to distant planets to test atmospheres.

Match the following

• Space Shuttle

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• Lander/Rover

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• Space Probe

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• Rocket

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• Satellite

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