Quiz 34, Chapter 11, pp. 384-391 Flashcards
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German researcher who became the U.S.’ top rocket designer
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Wernher von Braun
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Father of Modern Rocketry
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Robert Goddard
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first American to orbit the earth
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John Glenn
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first person to travel in space
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Yuri Gagarin
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first human being to set foot on another world
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Neil Armstrong
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The type of rockets that have been used for years to launch fireworks and small military rockets are ________ rockets.
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solid-fuel
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The U.S.’ first satellite was
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Explorer 1
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The U.S.’ first space station was
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Skylab
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The first spacecraft designed to be reused was the
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space shuttle
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The first artificial object to orbit the earth was
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Sputnik 1
