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1
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conduction

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heating by direct contact

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heat

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the total energy of all molecules within a substance

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convection

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heat transfer by vertical motion

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wind chill

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temperature and wind speed used to explain how cold it feels

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relative humidity

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amount of water vapor in the air compared to its water vapor capacity at a given temperature

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neil armstrong

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first man to walk on the moon in 1969

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roger bacon

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increased the range of rockets

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wernher von braun

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director of the v-2 rocket project

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william congreve

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designed rockets for military use

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jean froissart

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improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them through tubes

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yuri gagarin

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first man in space and first man to orbit earth

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john glenn

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first american to orbit earth in 1962

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robert goddard

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dubbed father of modern rocketry, experimented with solid and liquid propellant rockets

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william hale

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developed the technique of spin stabilization in 1812

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hero

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developed the first rocket engine (hero’s engine)

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sergei korolev

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dubbed father of the soviet space program, leading soviet rocket scientist

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issac newton

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laid scientific foundation for modern rocketry with laws of motion

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herman oberth

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space pioneer, wrote a book about rocket travel into outer space that sparked the creation of small space societies

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alan shepherd

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first american in space in 1961

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skylab

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first US space station created in 1973

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spin stabilization

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created by william hale

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sputnik 1

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first artificial satellite launched in 1957

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konstantin tsiolokovsky

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dubbed father of modern aeronautics, proposed the use of rockets for space exploration

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control system

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steers the rocket and keeps it stable

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guidance system

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gets the rocket to its destination, the brain of the rocket

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inertia

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the tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest and an object in motion to stay in motion

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spaceship 1

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aircraft with suborbital capacity

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spaceship 2

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could possibly offer the general public space travel

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absolute zero

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point at which all molecules no longer move or have the least amount of energy, theoretically the absolute coldest temperature

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cislunar space

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space between the earth and the moon

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interplanetary space

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space located within a solar system

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interstellar space

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the space between one solar system to another

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van allen belt

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radiation belts around the earth filled with charged particles

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black hole

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a region in space where no radiation is emitted

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magnitude

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measure of a brightness of a star

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nebula

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giant cloud of gas and dust

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parsec

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distance equal to 3.26 light years

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pulsar

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pulsating star the flashed electromagnetic emissions in a set pattern

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star

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a body of hot gasses

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solar flares

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short-lived high energy charges from the sun

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solar prominences

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larger energy discharges from the sun that can be thousands of miles high and last for months

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apogee

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the highest point of an orbit

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COMSAT

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communications satellite

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GNSS

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navigation satellites

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GOES

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geostationary operational environmental satellite

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GPS

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global positioning system

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ITSO

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international telecommunications satellite organization

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LANDSAT

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satellite that locates natural resources and monitors conditions on earth

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NAVSTAR GPS

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only fully operational GNSS

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perigee

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the lowest point of an orbit

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50
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sputnik

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first artificial satellite

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51
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apollo

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us manned spaceflight project that put man on the mon

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gemini

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us manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in space and first two man capsule

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mercury

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us first manned spaceflight project

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mir

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russia’s space station of the 1980s and 1990s

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salyut

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russia’s first space station

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spacelab

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european space agency’s first space station

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bernoulli’s principle

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when a fluid’s velocity is flowing at low velocity, pressure is high, when air flows through a restriction, the velocity accelerates and the pressure drops.

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58
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downwash

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force pressing down hard on surrounding air pushing the wing up

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vertical axis (YAW)

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moves the tail/nose left or right

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longitudinal axis

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rolls the aircraft left or right

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lateral axis PITCH

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moves nose up and down

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MQ9

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most successful UAV in the USAF arsenal

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RQ-4 global hawk

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northrop grumman

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lapse rate

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average rate at which temperature decreases with an increase in altitude

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combustion chamber

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enclosed container in which air and fuel are burned for the production of energy

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engine aka the powerplant

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uses energy to run other accessories

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photosphere

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the part of the sun that gives off light

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vane

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tilted to control the direction of a rocket

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sailplane

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uses energy from the environment and any method possible to find lift and ride it to a greater height

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jetstream

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usually crosses the US at 30-35k feet generally moving in an west to east direction

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3rd largest planet

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Uranus

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geocentric theory

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earth is the center of the universe, theory developed by ptolemy

73
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when was the first american launched into space

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1961

74
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altitude control system

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steers and controls the direction of the satellite

75
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when did communication satellites begin

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1958

76
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pilaire drozier and francois darlandes

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historic hot air balloon flight over paris in nov 1783

77
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Io

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jupiter’s moon discovered to have volcanic activity

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telemetry

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tells a controller how the satellite is functioning

79
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vasi lighting system

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gives pilots visual indication of the proper approach

80
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first probes to reach jupiter?

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pioneer probes

81
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moon’s 2 terrains

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highlands and lowlands

82
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internal components of a reciprocating airplane engine

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cylinder, intake valve, exhaust valve, connecting rod, crankshaft, piston

83
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heliocentric theory

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sun is the center of the universe, theory developed by nicolas copernicus

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william congreve

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increased a rocket’s range from 200-3000 feet

85
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how long saturn take to revolve around the sun

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29 years

86
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when does fog form

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when the temperature and dew point are within 5 degrees of each other

87
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predator

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air force’s first UAV

88
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which probe flew by venus and mercury

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mariner probe

89
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what cloud type is associated with turbulence

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cumulus because it is the lowest cloud type

90
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chord

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line drawn through an airfoil from its leading to training edge

91
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roll

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nose left nose right motion

92
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ed white

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first american to spacewalk on gemini 4

93
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true speed

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actual speed of an airplane through the air

94
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average distance between earth and the moon

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238900 miles

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tachometer

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engine instrument that measures speed in revolutions per minute

96
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roger bacon

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increased the range of rockets by improving gunpoweder

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nebulae

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clouds of gas and dust that spin and give galaxies shape

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gyros

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flight instruments that maintain their position while spinning

99
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NEAR near earth asteroid rendezvous

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made close encounter with mathilde asteroid

100
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valentina tereshkova

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first woman in space

101
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robert goddard

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conducted many practical experiments with rockets in the early 20th centur

102
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guiseppe piazi

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discovered the first asteroid

103
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what was hero’s engine propelled by

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steam

104
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when was the first weather satellite launched

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1960

105
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first aircraft that had directional control

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gliders

106
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2 phases of bird flight

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ground and lift

107
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congreve rockets

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rockets used in the battle of fort mchenry, developed by william congreve who built many rockets for the military

108
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pilot control lighting

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at select uncontrolled airports, pilots can control the intensity of runway edge lights with radio frequency

109
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which planet has no atmosphere

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mercury

110
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what provides lifting power for sailplanes

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vertical motion of the atmosphere

111
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control system

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takes information from guidance system to steer the rocket and keep the rocket stable

112
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wittman fields busiest weeks

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last in july, first in august

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tailwind

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a wind that is blowing from behind the airplane

114
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relative wind is also known as

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airflow

115
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what is earths angle of tilt as it rotates on its axis

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23.5 degrees

116
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kepler

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gave us the law that states the orbit of each planet is an elipse with the sun at its focus

117
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when was the beaufort scale developed

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1805

118
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when was the longest spacewalk

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in 2001 and lasted 9 hours

119
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how long does neptune take to orbit sun

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165 years

120
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thermal control sub system

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most commonly used to control the temperature of a satellite

121
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robert goddard

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achieved first successful flight with liquid propellant rocketr

122
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first probes to take pictures of the moon?

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rangers

123
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throttle valve

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small gate in the carburetor that controls the amount of air going into it

124
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how much of the atmosphere’s air is located 18000 feet below sea level

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50%

125
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how long did the first successful manned powered flight in a balloon go from the launch point

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5 miles

126
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when was the space shuttle launched

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1981

127
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what priniciple does a hot air balloon operate on

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bernoulli’s principle

128
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how often does halley’s comet reappear

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76 years

129
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what are 2 conditions to pay attention to it comes to the category of hurricanes

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barometric pressure and storm surges

130
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how many flights were in the gemini program

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10 flights

131
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relief

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term used to describe elevations and is depicted by color tints, contour lines, and shading

132
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who won the ansari x-prize

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mojave ventures

133
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what planet is called the evening planet

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venus because it is the brightest planet to be seen from earth

134
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camber

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curvature of a wing

135
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ventura tube

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used to show what causes air to accelerate when it passes through the middle

136
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what allows a paper airplane to land gently

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the elevators

137
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how do pilots control the mixture of fuel and air

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mixture control

138
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convection

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warm air rising vertically

139
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what jet broke the sound barrier in 1997

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thrust ssc

140
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which space probes explored the environment of mars

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vikings

141
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gimbaled nozzle

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control that sways while the exhaust passes through thus changing a rocket’s direction

142
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directional signs

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yellow signs with black lettering

143
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marco polo

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reported seeing the first manned aircraft in china

144
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BTW

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measure of heat that is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree

145
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concorde

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provided high speed and greater reliability while transporting people at twice the speed of sound

146
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nacelle

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streamlined enclosure that covers the nose of an airplane engine

147
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turn coordinator (incline meter)

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indicates if a turn isn’t executed properly

148
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why does uranus have 42 years of daylight followed by 42 years of night

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because its tilted 60 degrees on its axis

149
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what was alan shepherd’s mercury capsule

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freedom 7

150
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what causes pitch on an airplane

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elevators

151
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vertical velocity indicator

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senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilor a rate of climb

151
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ozonosphere

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shields us from ultraviolet and infared radiation

152
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what was the rocket developed solely to send humans to the moon

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saturn 5

152
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what color are the hottest stars

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blue

153
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how long does it take neptune to complete an orbit

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165 years

154
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what did the apollo lunar mission find

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Evidence of water on the moon in 2008

155
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what type of stars have the highest temperature

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type “o”

156
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a heading indicator is also known as what

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artificial compass/directional gyro

157
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what altitude must object be to orbit the earth

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80-90 miles

158
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how long did alan shepherd’s spaceflight last

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15 minutes

159
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daily dosage of radiation on ISS

A

8 chest xrays

160
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what is used to set the heading indicator in the airplane panel?

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a precision compass

161
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joseph and etienne montgolfier

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brothers who created first hot air balloon manned flight

162
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not an example of a uav

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white night

163
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blue flame

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rocket powered car that set land speed record

163
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4 cycles of a 4 cycle engine

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intake, compression, ignition, exhaust

164
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main parts of the space shuttle

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the orbiter, solid rocket boosters, external tank

164
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vanes

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small fins placed inside the exhaust of a rocket engine

165
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what are the tallest mountains in our solar system

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olympus mons

166
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what was the rocket used to launch the gemini missions

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titan 2

167
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mike melville

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first private pilot to earn NASA’s astronaut wings

168
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what is the average distance between the earth and the moon in cislunar space

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237,087 miles

169
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what happened to apollo 13?

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aborted landing on moon due to oxygen explosion

170
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magneto

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provides spark to a reciprocating engine to keep it running

171
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