(CIVIL AIR PATROL) AEROSPACE - MITCHELL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+

NASA - ANSWERNational Aeronautics and Space Administration GPS - ANSWERGlobal Positioning Systems GNSS - ANSWERGlobal Navigation Satellite Systems GOES - ANSWERGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite apogee - ANSWERhighest point of an orbit perigee - ANSWERlowest point of an orbit Light year - ANSWERthe distance light travels in one Earth year 915 - ANSWERJupiters fit inside the Sun Pioneer probes - ANSWERVisited Jupiter 1 inch - ANSWERaverage pressure drop for every 1000 feet of altitude gained (in inches) Hermann Oberth - ANSWERwrote books on traveling to outer space Explorer 1 - ANSWERrecognized the Van Allen Belt and Earth's magnetic fields 4 major systems - ANSWERairframe, guidance, control, propulsion = payload (also where people/supplies kept) space probe - ANSWERsatellites that either fly by, orbit, or land on a celestial body other than Earth One knot - ANSWER1.15mph Instruments in a hot air balloon - ANSWERaltimeter thermistor variometer