Space Exploration Technology

What tool can help us see things that are far away?

• telescope

• microscope

• calculator

Which type of spacecraft would best be used to explore the surface of a planet?

• satellite

• space probe

• space shuttle

• an international space station

Which of these technologies is used to observe where too distant for humans to observe directly

• probe

• rocket

• space shuttle

• space station

What benefits do unmanned spacecraft provide to space scientists?

• Instruments never commit errors

• Instruments can be sent places humans cannot go.

• Instruments can replace analysis by human scientists

• Instruments require more environment than human flight does.

What is most likely the purpose of these satellites orbiting Earth

• navigation

• data collection

• communication

• sample collection

Which of these spacecraft can people use to travel to and from orbits close to Earth?

• space probe

• space shuttle

• space station

• space telescope

In which of the following locations would you expect to find a satellite?

• in the ocean

• on the surface of another planet

• on the surface of another planet

• orbiting Earth

Which of these spacecraft would they use to deliver astronauts to the space station?

• space shuttle

• space probe

• unmanned rocket

• artificial satellite

Which of these choices is an example of remote sensing?

• humans collecting rock and soil samples on the moon

• probes analyzing the composition of Jupiter’s atmosphere

• performing experiments on the International Space Station

• landing a man on Mars to explore

Which are two main categories of technology that humans use to explore space?

• artificial and remote

• rockets and shuttles

• satellites and orbiters

• Manned and un-manned