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Space Exploration
Space Exploration
spacecraft
satellite
-a device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting
information or communicating by radio, television, etc.
-a natural object moving around a larger object in space
planet
any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun
and shining by reflected light: Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus,
or Neptune, in the orderof their proximity to the sun.
Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a ninth
planet in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
solar system
The solar system consists of a central star, the Sun, and all of the
smaller celestial bodies that continuously travel around it. The
smaller bodies include eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are themselves orbited
by more than 140 moons. (Only Mercury and Venus have no
moons.) In addition, the solar system contains millions of rocky
asteroids and billions of icy comets. All of these objects are held
together in a group by the Sun's gravity.
telescope.
(a) rocket
study details of other planets, moons, stars and other objects in the
space.
The space shuttle was like a moving van. It took satellites to space so they
could orbit Earth. The shuttle carried large parts into space to build the
International Space Station.
The space shuttle was also like a science lab. Astronauts did experiments
there. Doing experiments in space is different than doing them on Earth.
(c) space probe
d) space station
(e) satellite
(i) Research
(ii) Communications
(iii) Weather
(iv) Navigation
(v) Applications and
(vi) Military satellites