Space exploration chapter 25

Question 1

refracting telescope

Answer 1

refracts and bends light to produce and image

Question 2

radio telescope

Answer 2

telescopes that see in radio wavelengths

Question 3

rocket

Answer 3

a device powered by a reaction engine wich is similiar to a jet engine.

Question 4

satelite

Answer 4

a smaller body that orbits a larger body.

Question 5

suborbital flight

Answer 5

any rocket launch that doesn’t gain enough speed to enter orbit.

Question 6

Neil Armstrong

Answer 6

a naval aviator and test pilot. He commanded the Gemini 8 orbital docking mission. First to walk on moon.

Question 7

Edwin Aldrin

Answer 7

second person to land on the moon.

Question 8

Michael collins

Answer 8

First man to land on the moon. He orbited the moon as well.

Question 9

landers

Answer 9

a probe tat designed to land softly on a planet and then transmit photographs and environmental data back to earth.

Question 10

rovers

Answer 10

mobile landers that are remotely controlled from earth.

Question 11

International space station

Answer 11

Many nations participated in its building.

Question 12

space shuttles

Answer 12

space transportation system.