OUR SOLAR SYSTEM UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION MANNED SPACECRAFT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION MANNED SPACECRAFT JEOPARDY DOUBLE JEOPARDY

THIS PLANET IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN MERCURY RETURN

THIS IS THE ONLY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM KNOWN TO ROTATE IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION VENUS RETURN

THIS IS THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM JUPITER RETURN

THIS PLANET HAS THE STRONGEST WINDS OF ANY IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM NEPTUNE RETURN

THE SOVIET UNION LUANCHED THE WORLD’S FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE. IT WAS NAMED SPUTNIK RETURN

THIS INTERNATIONAL TREATY CALLED SPACE THE PROVINCE OF ALL MANKIND AND ALSO STATED THAT SPACE EXPLORATION SHOULD BENEFIT ALL COUNTRIES 1967 OUTER SPACE TREATY RETURN

THIS WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST U.S. WEATHER SATELLITE TIROS 1 RETURN

THIS FAMILY OF SPACECRAFT GAVE US OUR FIRST LOOK AT JUPITER PIONEER RETURN

AMERICA’S FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM WAS NAMED MERCURY RETURN

HE WAS AMERICA’S FIRST ASTRONAUT IN SPACE ALAN SHEPARD RETURN

THIS ASTRONAUT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH JOHN GLENN RETURN

THIS COSMONAUT WAS THE FIRST HUMAN IN SPACE YURI GAGARIN RETURN

THIS IS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT MERCURY MESSENGER RETURN

THIS IS THE NAME OF OUR GALAXY MILKY WAY RETURN

METEROIDS ARE SMALL BITS OF MATTER THAT ORBIT THE SUN. WHEN A METEROID ENTERS THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE, IT IS CALLED A METEOR RETURN

THE LARGEST OF THESE BODIES HAS A DIAMETER OF A LITTLE MORE THAN 600 MILES ASTEROIDS RETURN

THIS SPACE TELESCOPE WAS SCHEDULED TO OPERATE FOR 15 YEARS BUT HAD ITS MISSION TIME EXTENDED THANKS TO SERVICE CALLS HUBBLE RETURN

THIS SATELLITE DISCOVERED THE VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS EXPLORER 1 RETURN

THE FIRST U.S. ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE ENDED WITH AN EXPLOSION ON THE LAUNCH PAD. THE SATELLITE WAS NAMED VANGUARD RETURN

THIS U.S. NAVY SATELLITE PRECEDED GPS AND WAS DESIGNED TO UPDATE THE INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS ON POLARIS SUBMARINES TRANSIT RETURN

ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS AMERICAN MANNED SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM WAS TO TEST PROCEDURES FOR DOCKING SPACECRAFT GEMINI RETURN

THIS SPACE SHUTTLE WAS LOST IN 1986 WHEN THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER EXPLODED DURING LAUNCH CHALLENGER RETURN

PLACED IN ORBIT IN 1971, THIS SOVIET SPACECRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST SPACE STATION SALYUT 1 RETURN

THIS FACILITY WAS DESIGNED TO BE FLOWN IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE’S CARGO BAY AND TO PROVIDE A “SHIRT SLEEVE” WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR MISSION SPECIALISTS SPACELAB RETURN