cap mitchell aerospace RAHH Flashcards
conduction
heating by direct contact
heat
the total energy of all molecules within a substance
convection
heat transfer by vertical motion
wind chill
temperature and wind speed used to explain how cold it feels
relative humidity
amount of water vapor in the air compared to its water vapor capacity at a given temperature
neil armstrong
first man to walk on the moon in 1969
roger bacon
increased the range of rockets
wernher von braun
director of the v-2 rocket project
william congreve
designed rockets for military use
jean froissart
improved the accuracy of rockets by launching them through tubes
yuri gagarin
first man in space and first man to orbit earth
john glenn
first american to orbit earth in 1962
robert goddard
dubbed father of modern rocketry, experimented with solid and liquid propellant rockets
william hale
developed the technique of spin stabilization in 1812
hero
developed the first rocket engine (hero’s engine)
sergei korolev
dubbed father of the soviet space program, leading soviet rocket scientist
issac newton
laid scientific foundation for modern rocketry with laws of motion
herman oberth
space pioneer, wrote a book about rocket travel into outer space that sparked the creation of small space societies
alan shepherd
first american in space in 1961
skylab
first US space station created in 1973
spin stabilization
created by william hale
sputnik 1
first artificial satellite launched in 1957
konstantin tsiolokovsky
dubbed father of modern aeronautics, proposed the use of rockets for space exploration
control system
steers the rocket and keeps it stable