Civil Air Patrol CAP Mitchell Award Aerospace Exam | COMPLETE EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% Pass satellite✔✔natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth orbit✔✔the path a satellite takes around a celestial body apogee✔✔the highest point of an orbit perigee✔✔the lowest point of an orbit Sputnik✔✔the first artificial satellite COMSTAT ✔✔communications satellites INTELSAT ✔✔International Telecommunications Satellite Organization NAVSTAR ✔✔navigation satellites LANDSAT ✔✔satellites that locate natural resources and m onitor conditions on the Earth's surface GOES✔✔Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellites Johannes Kepler ✔✔discovered satellites orbiting around Jupiter in the 1600's Kepler's First Law ✔✔the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at the focus Mercury✔✔US' first manned spaceflight project Gemini✔✔US' manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in space and the first two -
man capsule Apollo✔✔US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon Skylab✔✔US' manned spaceflig ht project that put a laboratory into space; first US space station Apollo -Soyuz✔✔Manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space Space Shuttle ✔✔US' Space Transportation System (STS) for transporting into space and returning t o Earth Neil Armstrong ✔✔First man to set foot on the moon Telstar ✔✔first commercial satellite Space Station Alpha ✔✔future space station, a joint venture with US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia Mir✔✔Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's Salyut✔✔Russia's first space station Spacelab✔✔European Space Agency's first space station black hole ✔✔a region in space where no radiation is emitted cislunar space ✔✔the space between the earth and the moon constellation ✔✔a grouping of stars, named after mythical figures and animals galaxy✔✔an enormous collection of stars arranged in a particular shape interplanetary space ✔✔measured from the center of the sun to the orbit of its outermost planet interstellar space ✔✔the distance from one solar system to another microgravity ✔✔small gravity levels or low gravity nebulae✔✔giant could of dust and gas pulsar✔✔pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic emissions in a set pattern space✔✔region beyond the earth's atmosphere where there is very little molecu lar activity star✔✔a body of hot gases
man capsule Apollo✔✔US' manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon Skylab✔✔US' manned spaceflig ht project that put a laboratory into space; first US space station Apollo -Soyuz✔✔Manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space Space Shuttle ✔✔US' Space Transportation System (STS) for transporting into space and returning t o Earth Neil Armstrong ✔✔First man to set foot on the moon Telstar ✔✔first commercial satellite Space Station Alpha ✔✔future space station, a joint venture with US, Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia Mir✔✔Russia's space station of the 1980's and 1990's Salyut✔✔Russia's first space station Spacelab✔✔European Space Agency's first space station black hole ✔✔a region in space where no radiation is emitted cislunar space ✔✔the space between the earth and the moon constellation ✔✔a grouping of stars, named after mythical figures and animals galaxy✔✔an enormous collection of stars arranged in a particular shape interplanetary space ✔✔measured from the center of the sun to the orbit of its outermost planet interstellar space ✔✔the distance from one solar system to another microgravity ✔✔small gravity levels or low gravity nebulae✔✔giant could of dust and gas pulsar✔✔pulsating star that flashes electromagnetic emissions in a set pattern space✔✔region beyond the earth's atmosphere where there is very little molecu lar activity star✔✔a body of hot gases
