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  • What is this (currently orbiting the Earth)?
    International Space Station
  • What planet is this?
    Jupiter
  • Resulting from a collapsed star, this is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.
    Black Hole
  • First invented in China, the development of the liquid-oxygen form of these allowed humans to go into space.
    Rockets
  • The Earth and all the planets orbiting the Sun is called the …….
    Solar System
  • What planet is closest to the Sun?
    Mercury
  • What is this called?
    Telescope
  • What is the name of a small rock that orbits the sun (smaller than a planet)?
    Asteroid
  • This dwarf planet is also named after a yellow dog invented by Walt Disney.
    Pluto
  • This country was the first to send a satellite into space.
    Russia (USSR)
  • Name of a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere....creating a streak of light...also known as a falling star.
    Meteor
  • What is the name of this space vehicle...now no longer used?
    Space Shuttle
  • This planet is the same size as Earth...but nobody lives there because of high pressure (you would feel like you are 1km underwater). Also the temperature is about 432 degrees Celsius.
    Venus
  • This US President promised to put a man on the moon in 10 years.
    John F Kennedy (JFK)
  • What is the name of this beam of light, which helps explore space.
    Laser
  • Who was the first man on the moon?
    Neil Armstrong
  • What is a person who goes into space called?
    Astronaut
  • When you wish upon a …………….
    Star
  • Named for the Roman God of the Sea, this blue planet is the furthest from the Sun in our system.
    Neptune
  • What planet is this?
    Saturn
  • This cute little robot is currently on what planet?
    Mars