1. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION MANNED SPACECRAFT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION MANNED SPACECRAFT 100 200 400 300 600 400 800 JEOPARDY DOUBLE JEOPARDY

3. THIS PLANET IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN MERCURY RETURN

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

5. THIS IS THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM JUPITER RETURN

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

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

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. THIS COSMONAUT WAS THE FIRST HUMAN IN SPACE YURI GAGARIN RETURN

15. THIS IS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT MERCURY MESSENGER RETURN

16. THIS IS THE NAME OF OUR GALAXY MILKY WAY RETURN

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

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

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

20. THIS SATELLITE DISCOVERED THE VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS EXPLORER 1 RETURN

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

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

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

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

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

26. 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