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AEROSPACE TERMS EXAM
satellite - Correct Answers -natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
orbit - Correct Answers -the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - Correct Answers -the highest point of an orbit
perigee - Correct Answers -the lowest point of an orbit
Sputnik - Correct Answers -the first artificial satellite
COMSTAT - Correct Answers -communications satellites
INTELSAT - Correct Answers -International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
NAVSTAR - Correct Answers -navigation satellites
Hydrogen will lift approximately how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Correct
Answers -60lbs
For rapid descent, a balloon pilot pulls down on the... - Correct Answers -parachute pull
cord
hot air will lift how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Correct Answers -17-20 pounds
LANDSAT - Correct Answers -satellites that locate natural resources and monitor
conditions on the Earth's surface
GOES - Correct Answers -Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites
Johannes Kepler - Correct Answers -discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the
1600's
Kepler's First Law - Correct Answers -the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun
at the focus
Mercury - Correct Answers -US' first manned spaceflight project
Gemini - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in
space and the first two-man capsule
, Apollo - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon
Skylab - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into
space; first US space station
Apollo-Soyuz - Correct Answers -Manned spaceflight project linking American and
Soviet spacecraft in space
Space Shuttle - Correct Answers -US' Space Transportation System (STS) for
transporting into space and returning to Earth
Neil Armstrong - Correct Answers -First man to set foot on the moon
Telstar - Correct Answers -first commercial satellite
Space Station Alpha - Correct Answers -future space station, a joint venture with US,
Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia
Mir - Correct Answers -Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's
Salyut - Correct Answers -Russia's first space station
Spacelab - Correct Answers -European Space Agency's first space station
black hole - Correct Answers -a region in space where no radiation is emitted
cislunar space - Correct Answers -the space between the earth and the moon
constellation - Correct Answers -a grouping of stars, named after mythical figures and
animals
galaxy - Correct Answers -an enormous collection of stars arranged in a particular
shape
interplanetary space - Correct Answers -measured from the center of the sun to the
orbit of its outermost planet
interstellar space - Correct Answers -the distance from one solar system to another
microgravity - Correct Answers -small gravity levels or low gravity
nebulae - Correct Answers -giant could of dust and gas
pulsar - Correct Answers -pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic emissions in a set
pattern
AEROSPACE TERMS EXAM
satellite - Correct Answers -natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth
orbit - Correct Answers -the path a satellite takes around a celestial body
apogee - Correct Answers -the highest point of an orbit
perigee - Correct Answers -the lowest point of an orbit
Sputnik - Correct Answers -the first artificial satellite
COMSTAT - Correct Answers -communications satellites
INTELSAT - Correct Answers -International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
NAVSTAR - Correct Answers -navigation satellites
Hydrogen will lift approximately how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Correct
Answers -60lbs
For rapid descent, a balloon pilot pulls down on the... - Correct Answers -parachute pull
cord
hot air will lift how many pounds per 1000 cubic feet? - Correct Answers -17-20 pounds
LANDSAT - Correct Answers -satellites that locate natural resources and monitor
conditions on the Earth's surface
GOES - Correct Answers -Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites
Johannes Kepler - Correct Answers -discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the
1600's
Kepler's First Law - Correct Answers -the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun
at the focus
Mercury - Correct Answers -US' first manned spaceflight project
Gemini - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in
space and the first two-man capsule
, Apollo - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon
Skylab - Correct Answers -US' manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into
space; first US space station
Apollo-Soyuz - Correct Answers -Manned spaceflight project linking American and
Soviet spacecraft in space
Space Shuttle - Correct Answers -US' Space Transportation System (STS) for
transporting into space and returning to Earth
Neil Armstrong - Correct Answers -First man to set foot on the moon
Telstar - Correct Answers -first commercial satellite
Space Station Alpha - Correct Answers -future space station, a joint venture with US,
Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia
Mir - Correct Answers -Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's
Salyut - Correct Answers -Russia's first space station
Spacelab - Correct Answers -European Space Agency's first space station
black hole - Correct Answers -a region in space where no radiation is emitted
cislunar space - Correct Answers -the space between the earth and the moon
constellation - Correct Answers -a grouping of stars, named after mythical figures and
animals
galaxy - Correct Answers -an enormous collection of stars arranged in a particular
shape
interplanetary space - Correct Answers -measured from the center of the sun to the
orbit of its outermost planet
interstellar space - Correct Answers -the distance from one solar system to another
microgravity - Correct Answers -small gravity levels or low gravity
nebulae - Correct Answers -giant could of dust and gas
pulsar - Correct Answers -pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic emissions in a set
pattern
