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| What is a future space station which is a joint venture with US, Europe, Canada, Japan and Russia? |
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| How long did astronauts stay aboard the Salyut 7? |
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| What is in the air inside a space station? |
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| a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen |
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| Who was the first American to walk in space? |
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| When was the first space walk conducted by an American astronaut? |
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| How long was did the longest EVA last? |
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| During what decade did space suit design begin in? |
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| What type of suits did the astronauts of Project Mercury wear? |
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| During what spaceflight did astronauts take off their space suits for the first time? |
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| The space suits designed for what mission allowed astronauts, for the first time, to carry their oxygen on their backs and carry a supply of drinking water? |
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| The space suits designed for what mission could be put on one layera at a time and could accomodate a man or a woman? |
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| When was the Manned Maneuvering Unit used for the first time? |
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| What unit fits on the astronaut's back and allows him or her to move around without being tied to the spacecraft? |
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| the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) |
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What is a natural or artificial object in space that orbits the Earth? |
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| What is the path a satellite takes around a celestial body? |
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| What is the lowest point of an orbit? |
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| What is the highest point of an orbit? |
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| What was the first artificial satellite? |
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| What are communication satelites called? |
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| What is the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization? |
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| What are navigational satellites called? |
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| Wht are satellites that locate natural resources and monitor conditions on the Earth's surface? |
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| What are Geostationary Operational Environmental Satelllites? |
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| From what language does the word satellite come from? |
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| Who discovered several objects moving around Jupiter in 1611? |
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| When did the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler, discover several objects moving around Jupiter |
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| What year did the Russians launch Sputnik? |
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| What was the name of the first artificial satelite launched into space? |
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| How many natural satellites does the planet Earth have? |
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| What was the name of the first communication satellite to broadcast from orbit? |
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| How long did the satellite Score operate for? |
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| What was the name ofthe first commercial satellite? |
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| What year did the first commercial satellite come into existence? |
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| What year were the first taped messages broadcast from orbit? |
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| What year were the first taped messages broadcast from orbit? |
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| How many telephone conversations could the satellite Telestar 1 retransmit at one time? |
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| 60 two-way telephone conversations |
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| How many natins make up the Intenrational Telecommunications Satelellite Organization? |
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| How many satellites are controlled by the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization? |
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| What year did INTELSAT launch a satellite that accommodated 15,000 two-way voice circuites and two television channels simultaneously? |
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| What does TDRSS stand for? |
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| the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
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| What consists of three active satellites that provides a simultaneous full-time coverage for the space shuttle and up to 25 other NASA low-earth orbiting spacecraft |
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| TDRSS (the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System) |
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| What is a network consisting of three deep space communication complexes used to provide continuous communications for planetary spacecraft probing into deep space? |
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| What provides reliable and timely communications information around the world? |
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| What type of satellite's payload consists of the electronics and control that ensure all signals are received, amplified and retransmitted to the appropriated destination error-free? |
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| Successful communicatin links require a direct line of sight with both of what two things? |
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| transmitting and reciving station on Earth or other satellites |
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| Satellite communication today normally involves what? |
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| an intermediate ground station |
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| What was the name of first navigational satellite? |
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| What satellite was developed to provide Polaris missle submarines with the ability to fix accurate positions? |
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| What is a civilian and military navigational satellite that offers a precise positiong service? |
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| What three things are included in a typical satellite navigation systems? |
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1) constellation of navigation satellites
2) ground control facility to provide accurate positioning information
3) the users who posses the proper decoding equipment |
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| What category of satellites locate natural resources and monitor other conditions on the Earth's surface? |
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| Natural Resource Satellites |
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| What series of satellites monior agricultural conditions, aid urban planners in future development and management of coastal resources? |
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| When was the first weather satellite launched |
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| What was the name of the first weather satellite? |
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| What satellite gives us pictures of the Earth's surface, pictures of clouds and provides information which helps with weather forecasting? |
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| GOES - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites |
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| What image did the satellite Tiros 1 send back the day it was launched into space? |
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| Global Positioning System |
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| What is the first and oldest US satellite series? |
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| What year was the first U.S. satellite launched into space? |
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| What was the name of the first U.S. satellite launched into space? |
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| What U.S. satellite discovered the Van Allen radiation belts? |
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| What group of satellites provided continuous solar observations for most of the 1960's and 1970's and furthered our studies of x-rays, gamma rays and ultraviolet rays? |
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| the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) |
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| What are satellites or spacecraft that either fly by, orbit or land on a celestial body, other than Earth called? |
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| What were the first probes to take pictures of the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings? |
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| What series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us pictures of Venus' clouds and Mercury's cratered surface? |
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| What series of space probes gave us pictures of Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970's? |
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| What space probe explored the environment of Mars in 1975? |
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| What space probes encountered Jupiter and Saturn in the late 1970's and provided greatly improved pictures and data of these two planets? |
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| What 5 things make up a satellite's systems? |
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1) people
2) the space environment
3) sub-systems
4) command and control system
5) a launch |
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| Who defines the overall purpose and requirements for the satellites? |
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| What is heat energy emitted from the sun? |
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| What 7 elements of the space environment can be damaging to a satellite? |
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1) atmospheric drag
2) gravity
3) radiation
4) charged particles
5) solar flares
6) micrometorites
7) space debris-natural and manmade |
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| What rocket was used to launch the GOES 8 weather satellite? |
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| What year was the GOES 8 weather satellite launched into space? |
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| What year did a paint chip hit the Space Shuttle Challenger? |
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| What part of the Space Shuttle Challenger was hit by a paint chip in 1983? |
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| What are the 6 elements of a satellite's sub-system? |
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1) structure
2) propulsion system
3) attitude control
4) power system
5) thermal control
6) command and control system |
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| What defines the satellite's purpose, what services will be provided, why the satellite is being built and how it should be designed? |
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| What refers to the sensors and instruments used to perform the mission? |
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| What satellite system provides the boost to get the satellite into orbit? |
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| What is used to make minor corrections in directions for a satellite? |
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| What is the main source of electricity while the satellite is in orbit? |
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| What are the two most common ways to control the temperature of a satellite? |
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| What is the information that tells a controller how the satellite is functioning? |
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| What was the name of the Greek astronomer who gave us the first organized concept of celestial bodies? |
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| What are planets, stars, comets or other large objects in space? |
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| Who developed a heliocentric theory of the universe in the 1400s? |
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| What theory places the Sun at the center while all the rest of the universe revolves around it? |
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| What astronomer studied the motion and measured the movement of the planets? |
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| Who created rules of motion that all celestial bodies, including artificial satellites obey? |
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| What are the laws which define the rules of motion for all celestial bodies called? |
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| What law states that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse, with the Sun at the focus? |
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| In what type of orbit is a satellite's altitude, velocity and speed are not constant? |
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| What law explains the gravitational attraction or pull between bodies in the universe? |
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| The Law of Universal Gravitation |
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| Who developed the Law of Universal Gravitation? |
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| What is the dominant force affecting the motion of a satellite in an Earth orbit? |
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| What was the first US manned spaceflight project? |
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| What was the first US manned spaceflight project that achieved the first walk in space, and the first two-man capsule? |
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| What was the first US manned spaceflight project that put man on the Moon? |
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| What was the first US manned spaceflight project that put a laboratory into space? |
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| What was the first manned spaceflight project linking American and Soviet spacecraft in space? |
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| What is US Space Transportation System (STS) for transporting into space and returning to Earth more commonly known as? |
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| Space Transportation System |
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| How many manned flights occurred under Project Mercury? |
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| How many years did Project Mercury last? |
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| When was the first American launched into space? |
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| What was the name of the first American in space? |
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| Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? |
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| Which one of Project Mercury's flights produced the first manned orbital flight? |
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| Project Mercury's third manned flight |
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| How long did John Glenn's flight last when he first orbited the Earth? |
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| How many times did John Glenn orbit the Earth when he first orbited the Earth? |
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| What was the name of the astronaut who flew the final Mercury flight? |
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| How many times did Gordon Cooper orbit the Earth on the final Mercury flight? |
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| How long did the final flight of Project Mercury last? |
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| How many Gemini flights were there? |
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| What project was the first rendezvous and docking of a manned spacecraft with another satellite? |
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| What was the first two-man capsule? |
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| What mission resulted in landing a man on the moon? |
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| When did the first man land on the moon? |
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| What mission resulted in the first man on the moon |
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| What was the name of the second person to walk on the moon? |
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| How many more flights after Apollo resulted in successful Moon landings? |
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| Which Apollo flight had to be aborted due to an explosion in the spacecraft? |
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| What were the names of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission? |
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| Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstron |
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| Which flight answered basic questions about survival in space? |
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| Which manned space project's mission was to put a laboratory into space? |
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| Which space project involved a linkup in space of an American and a Soviet manned spacecraft? |
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| Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |
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| Who was the first man to walk in space? |
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| How many astronauts flew in space between 1975 and 1981? |
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| When was the Space Transportation System first launched? |
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| What is the Space Transportation System commonly called? |
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| What are the three main components of the Space Shuttle? |
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1) the orbiter
2) the solid rocket boosters
3) the external tank |
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| Which part of the Space Shuttle carries the crew and the payload? |
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| How long could the shuttle remain in space when it was first launched? |
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| How long can the Space Shuttle stay in orbit now? |
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| What was the name of the first Space Shuttle? |
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| What are the names of the Space Shuttles that have gone into space? |
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1) Colombia
2) Challenger
3) Discovery
4) Atlantis
5) Endeavour |
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| What was the primary purpose of the first four flights of the Columbia? |
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| how the Columbia would handle reentry into the Earth's atomosphere and how its protective shields would perform |
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| What was the first real operational flight of the Space Shuttle? |
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| When did the first real operational flight of the Space Shuttle occur? |
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| Who was the first American woman in space? |
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| What Space Shuttle mission launched the first American woman into space? |
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| STS-7 aboard the Challenger |
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| What Space Shuttle mission delivered the first European Space Agency Spacelab into space? |
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| What Space Shuttle mission launched the Long Duration Exposure Facility into space? |
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| What was the name of the Space Shuttle that exploded less than two minutes after takeoff on January 28, 1986 |
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| When did the Space Shuttle Challenger explode? |
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| What was the mission designation of the Challenger when it exploded? |
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| Following the Challenger accident when did Space Shuttle flights resume? |
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| When was the Hubble Space Telescope deployed? |
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| What was the name of the shuttle that deployed the Hublble Space Telescope? |
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| Why are objects seen through the Hubble Space Telescope much clearer than those seen from ground observations? |
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| because it is free of any atmospheric interference |
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| How far above the Earth is the Hubble Telescope operating? |
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| What was the name of the shuttle and its mission designation that placed the Galileo probe into space? |
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| What was the mission designation which carried the European developed Spacelab into orbit in 1993? |
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| What was the nambe of the first satellite launched into space? |
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| What year was Sputnik launched? |
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| How many Sputniks were launched into space? |
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| What was the name of the first man in space? |
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| Yuri Gagarin (Soviet Union) |
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| Who was the first woman in space? |
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| Valentina Tereshkova (Soviet Union) |
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| When did the first woman go into space? |
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| What was the name of the first Soviet space station? |
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| When did the Soviets launch Salyut 1 |
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| What was the Soviets second space station? |
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| When did the Soviets launch Mir into space? |
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