Graded Answers
Shuttle
Vehicle that carries astronauts into space
Exploration
A behavior of searching and looking for new ways and solutions. This includes things captured by
terms such as search, variation, risk taking, experimentation, play, flexibility, discovery, and
innovation.
Moon
A natural object that orbits a planet
Earth
3rd planet from sun; has an atmosphere that protects life & surface temp.'s that allow water to exist
as a solid, liquid, & gas
Planets
Celestial objects that orbit 1 or more stars (but are not stars themselves), are spherical and do not
share their orbit with another object.
Space Program
Devised to cause space exploration, and the famous space race for the first man on the moon
Space Exploration
The investigations of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies
through the use of satellites, space probes, or spacecraft with human crews
Space
Boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction
Astronaut
In the U.S., a person who rides in a space vehicle.
Cosmonaut
A Russian or Soviet astronaut
Space station
A large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods
Outer space
Space beyond the atmosphere of the Earth