18. What do scientists want help naming on Pluto?
17. What happened to the two pilots on the Virgin Galactic Space Craft?
16. How many total missions did NASA’s shuttle fleet complete?
15. How long was the wait for Shuttle Discovery’s launch?
14. What caused the Columbia Disaster?
13. (Fast Facts) What was Mariner 9 the first to do?
12. What are the elements essential to life that was found on Mars?
11. What was Columbia named after?
10. (Graphic Content. Pause video if you don’t want to watch). What is the name of the
Space Center where Challenger lifted off?
9. How long was the Mir Space Station in orbit?
8. What is Westerlund 2?
7. A giant system of ______________ cushioned Mars Pathfinder’s impact upon landing
on Mars.
6. Apollo 11 was really a triumph for _______________.
5. How old was Yuri when he went into space?
3. List 5 types of animals that have been studied in space.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
4. How big was the first artificial satellite?
2. The V2 rocket was created by the __________. Its first attack on London, on
8 September 1944, gouged a crater _______ across, killed ___ people and
injured ____.
1. What are Newton’s Three Laws of motion?
a.
b.
c.
1.
Feb 20, 1947
Fruit flies are first
animal flies in space
1687
Newton
publishes
the
Principia
Apr 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin - First man in space
Jul 20, 1969
1933
Oct. 4, 1957
First Manned Moon
landing
Russia launches Sputnik
The V-2 rocket
Jul 4, 1997
Mars Pathfinder
lands on Mars
Feb 20, 1986
Mir Station
launched
Apr 24, 1990
Hubble
Telescope
launched
Feb 1, 2003
Columbia Disaster
Nov 13, 1971
Challenger
Tragedy
Mariner 9 orbits
Mars
Sept 1976
Jan 28, 1986
Apr 12, 1981
Viking 2 finds lifeessential elements on
Mars
First Space Shuttle
Jul 26, 2005
Space Shuttle
Discovery returns to
flight
Jul 8, 2011
Last Space Shuttle launch
Oct 31, 2014
Virgin Galactic
Spaceship Two
crash
July 2015
New Horizons
spacecraft
encounters Pluto