idiom
a famous saying
alliteration
repeating at THE BEGINNING
assonance
VOWEL sounds repeat
metaphor
comparing two things
onomatopoeia
any sound
consonance
reaped END sound
when was the space race
1953-1970s
who was it with, and what was it about
soviet union, US
rivalry between the US and Russia
what was the first thing that happened in the space race and how did the US respond
the first thing that happened in the space race, was when Russia sent artificial satellite sputnik into space. The US responded by creating its own space Program that sent astronauts to the moon.
what was the first artificial satellite
sputnik(from Russia)
what does NASA stand for
National aeronautics and space administration
what was the US's first satellite
explorer 1, launched in 1958
when was NASA created
1958
you was the first person in space.
Yuri Gargarein
what did Yuri take to space
the Vostok 1
who was the first to go to space from the US
Alen Shepard, but he did not orbit the moon
who was the first to orbit the earth from the US
John Glen, he orbited 3 times
what president launched the Apollo Program
John F. Kennedy
when did the first astronauts land on the moon
july 20, 1969
what was the mission of the apollo Program
to land astronauts in the moon and bring them back to earth
who studied the rocks on the moon
Andrea B. Mosie
what was before space shuttles
space craftss
what are space shuttles
space crafts that can be reused
what is a Space Probe
a space shuttle for collecting data
what are the types of space probes
orbiters
rovers
landers
what are landers
they land on the moon
what are rovers
move on the surface of planets
what are orbiters
analyzes the atmosphere of the planet
what is a rocket
expels gas in one direction to move the rocket in the opposite direction
where did rockets originate
china
what is newtons 3rd law of motion
for every action, there is a equal and opposite reaction
what is thrust
the reaction force
what does velocity do as thrust increases
increases
what is velocity
speed in a given direction
what is orbital velocity
the velocity a rocket must acheive to orbit around the earth
escape velocity
the velocity a rocket must reach to fly beyond earths gravitational pull
what is the best fuel
ion
solid fuel
once ignited, burns until gone
what is a multistage rocket
a rocket with many stages