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Chapter 2 Quest Voca

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Rocket A device that expels gases in one direction to move in the opposite direction
Thrust The reaction force that propels the rocket forward
Velocity Is speed in a given direction
Orbital Velocity Is the velocity a rocket must achieve to establish an orbit around Earth
Escape Velocity Is the velocity a rocket must reach to fly off into space
Satellite Is an object that revolves around another object in space
Space Shuttle Is a spacecraft that can carry a crew in space, return to Earth, and can be reused
Space Station Is a large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods
Space Probe A Spacecraft that carries scientific instruments that can collect data, but has no human crew
Rover Small robots that move around the surface
Vacuum A place that is empty of all matter
Microgravity A feeling of weightlessness
Space Spinoff An item that has uses on Earth but was originally developed for use in space
Remote Sensing The collection of information about Earth and other objects in space without being in direct contact
Geosynchronous Orbit A satellite orbits Earth the same rate as Earth rotates thus stays on the same place on Earth at all times
Laika The first living creature that was sent into space, on the Sputnik 2 (USSR)
Yuri Gagarin First man into space aboard the Vostok 1 (USSR)
Alan Shepard The first 'murican in space (Freedom 7)
John Glen The first 'murican to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
Neil Armstrong First man on the moon (Apollo 11, Eagle) ('murican)
Buzz Aldrin Was a crew member on Apollo 11 and Eagle with Neil Armstong
Michael Collins That guy that never went on the moon
Galileo Space Probe (Jupiter and its moons)
Lunar Prospector Space Probe (Explored the moon and found water ice and other minerals)
Opportunity and Spirit Mars Exploration Rovers
Cassini Space Probe (Saturn and its moons)
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