Cornell Notes E 1



Cornell Notes E 1.2 and 1.3: Space Exploration Name:

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|What is the difference between these two telescopes? | Refracting - |

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|This man did not invent the telescope but improved | |

|them to make important observations? | |

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|The Hubble Space telescope is… | |

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| |What named after: ______________________ |

| |Why does it produce better images than telescopes on Earth? |

|The first satellite in space was… | |

|and first people in space were…. | |

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|What does NASA stand for? | |

|NASA’s purpose is to…. | |

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|What was is the purpose of the Apollo Program? | |

|What did they do? | |

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|ISS – International Space Station: | |

|Historically why was it so important? | |

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|What make a Space Shuttle so useful for space travel? | |

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|Name the four different Unmanned spacecrafts. | |

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|Why are unmanned spacecrafts so important for | |

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|What are flybys? | |

|In space exploration when are they best used? | |

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|What are orbiters? | |

|In space exploration when are they best used? | |

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|What are landers? | |

|In space exploration when are they best used? | |

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|What are probes? | |

|In space exploration when are they best used? | |

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Brief Timeline of Space Exploration.

• 1609 Galileo adapted telescopes and makes

• 1924 An astronomer named Edwin Hubble confirms the existence of other galaxies

• 1957 First artificial satellite Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union

• 1958 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is established to oversee the exploration of space

• 1969 First man, Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

• 1977 The Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are launched to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond, they are now 10 billion km away and still sending back pictures to earth

• 1981 The first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched by NASA

• 1992 Astronomers discover the first planet outside our solar system

• 2000 The first 3 man crew was sent to the International Space Station

Which of these events was the most important achievement or discovery in the history of Space Exploration? Answer this question in paragraph form on a separate sheet of paper.

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