Tools Used to Explore Space

The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecrafts with human crews.

• Space Exploration
• Newton's Law of Gravity
• the ISS
• Space travel

A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial object.

• rover
• the International Space Station
• Observetory
• Space probe

Which vehicle’s engine is filled with chemical propellants?

• rocket
• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle

What is designed and built to transport people and cargo between Earth and space?

• space rocket
• space shuttle
• space probe
• telescope

The International Space Station began in

• 1988
• 1998
• 2000
• 1968

To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission

• Jupiter
• Mars
• Neptune
• Venus

Which tool allows scientists to take pictures very distant objects such as other galaxies, stars, and planets?

• telescope
• periscope
• space shuttle
• rover

How did Galileo discover the moons on Jupiter

• space mission
• rover
• telescope
• space probe

What object is launched into orbit and designed to send and receive information?

• rover
• satellite
• space shuttle
• space probe

Which space equipment transports humans into space from Earth?

• space shuttle
• space prove
• satellite
• rocket