USA Today Special Edition: Our Future in Space

USA Today Special Edition: “Our Future in Space.”

Space Exploration Milestones (p. 12 – 13) TIMELINE

1. Mars – visited by Mariner 4 on ______.

2. Moon – visited by ______on Dec. 21 – 27, 1968.

3. Moon – visited by Apollo 11 on ______. First time humans land on the Moon (the Americans were ______and ______).

4. Mars – visited by ______on June 19, 1976. This was the first ______.

5. Space Shuttle mission – The ______orbits the Earth ______times.

6. Space Shuttle ______explodes 73 seconds into its flight on ______.

7. The ______is launched on April 24, 1990, leading to spectacular views of the universe and extending mankind’s knowledge of deep space.

8. NASA’s Cassini orbiter’s Huygens probe lands on ______, Saturn’s largest ______on ______.

9. NASA’s ______probe is the first spacecraft to orbit ______on March 18, 2011.

10. Voyager 1, launched in ______, encounters a new environment more than ______miles from Earth, indicating its departure from the solar system into ______.

Mars Missions trivia

1. The Mars mission set to launch in 2013 ______.

2. This mission was a European Space Agency mission ______.

3. It (the mission from #2) was looking for ______.

4. The Mars Mission currently on Mars ______.

5. What it (mission from #4) was searching for whether______. 6. The Mars Exploration Rovers were named ______and ______.

7. Of the two Mars Exploration Rovers, only ______is still functioning.

8. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter uses advanced data and analysis tools to discover whether ______.

9. The ______has already recorded the radiation environment on Mars.

10. The Mars ______has ______instruments, including a laser.

Choose one of the following articles, READ IT and write a one paragraph (5 – 7 well written sentences!) summary.

Food in Space p.22, Red Rover p. 27 – 28, Inventions For All Mankind p. 29 – 30, Space Station Discoveries p. 39 – 40, A Far Out Vacation p. 49. Write more than one summary for extra credit!!