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This Book Belongs To: Name: _______________________________, Space Explorer School: ______________________________ on Planet Earth Star Date: ______________________________ Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com Giant Leaps Move Mankind Forward About the Planets... Mars Jupiter Mercury The rst planet beyond Jupiter is immense: it The closest planet to the Earth, Mars rotates on its contains two and a half Sun, Mercury moves faster axis in a similar time to times the mass of all the than any other planet in Earth but it takes almost other planets put together. the Solar System. twice as long -- 687 days It also spins faster than any It was named after the -- to make one complete other planet. One rotation Roman messenger of orbit of the Sun. takes only ten hours. the gods. Neptune Pluto Saturn The more distant a Pluto has an The planet Saturn has planet is from the Sun, eccentric orbit. It strays the most extensive, the longer its orbit. from the planetary plane, colorful, and complex Neptune’s orbital period and once every orbit, its ring system, together is almost 165 years. path takes it inside the with the largest family orbit of Neptune. of moons of any planet in the Solar System. Uranus Venus Earth This planet is remote: it is The second closest planet Our home planet, Earth, is twice as far from the Sun to the Sun, Venus is similar the only one that has water as Saturn. Uranus orbits in size to Earth. It spins and supports life. Earth the Sun, tipped on its side. clockwise in the opposite takes 24 hours to spin on direction to other planets. its axis and one year, or 365 days, to complete one orbit of the Sun. Cut out the squares above to make flash cards to go inside your Planet Cube. 20. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 1. Space Exploration Planet Cube benefits all of us in our daily life. Color in and Cut... Match the words to the pictures below. Sneakers Power Drill Sunglasses Cell Phone Computer Monitor Microwave Oven Cut out the squares above to make flash cards to go inside your Planet Cube, located on the back cover of this book. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 2. 19. Launch Your Career in Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR) is the nation’s premier provider of space propulsion and power systems. AR engines were used to launch the first U.S. satellite, the first U.S. human flight, NASA’s Mercury and Apollo programs, and the Space Shuttle. SPACEHelp the Space MAZE Explorer find UB 313 Finish Science • Technology • Engineering • Mathematics Today, the company is positioned to advance American leadership in defense, civil and commercial efforts, and to help NASA realize its Vision for Aerojet RocketdyneDeep Spacecares Explorationabout empowering – taking ourhumans youth to toMars pursue and beyond. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Careers! At Aerojet Rocketdyne, our people further the exploration of space, and keep America safe. Start Aerojet Rocketdyne proudly supports STEM throught its Launch Pad Exhibit. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 18. 3. Aerojet Rocketdyne Space Explorer Rocket Engines Certificate of Achievement _______________________________________________ Has successfully completed Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Space Exploration Activity Book. ____________________________ _________________________________ Date UB 313, AR Space Explorer, Club President Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 4. www.rocket.com 17. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com Answers Powering Vehicles into Space. SPACE MAZE Powering Vehicles into space. Finish CRISSCROSS ANSWERS RL10 AR1 1 METEOROID 2 DAWN RL10 RD-180 3 DISCOVERY 4 5 METEORIT SOL R S Y S E 6 VESTA 7 ER S 8 ASTR N MY APOLLO 9 STEROI 10 RS-68 SSME Start SLS SEEK & FIND RS-25 RS-68 SEEK & FIND Hypersonics J-2S HYPERSONICS J-2X RS-27A Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 16. 5. Build Your Own SpaceshipFind & Seek SeekSpace & LaunchFind SystemSpaceship Own Your Build Cut out each shape. Usewords? all the pieces. exploration space hidden 31 the find you Can Can you find the 31 hidden spacepieces. exploration the all Use words?shape. each out Cut Put them togeather to build your diagonally. own and spaceship. backward forward, Check Hint: Hint:(SLS) Check forward, Word backward spaceship. Searchown andyour diagonally.build to togeather them Put Locate the 21 words from the list in the jumble below. Here is a hint! It should look like this when you are done! Planet Launch Astroid Astroid Launch Planet TapePluto or Glue Liftoff Astronaut Astronaut Liftoff Pluto Saturn Mars Comet Comet Mars Saturn Shuttle Mercury Commander Commander Mercury Shuttle Solar System Solar Way Milky Crew Crew Milky Way Solar System Space Station Space Mission Earth Earth Mission Space Station Star Specialist Mission Activity) (Extravehicular EVA EVA (Extravehicular Activity) Mission Specialist Star Sun Moon Explore Explore Moon Sun Uranus Neptune Galaxy Galaxy Neptune Uranus Pilot (telescope) Hubble Hubble (telescope) Pilot Venus Jupiter Jupiter Venus 6. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 15. Find the hidden objects... ConnectCONNECT the dots THE DOTS Draw the Orion spacecraft...build your by ownconnecting Space Shuttlethe numbered dots. by connecting the dots and coloring the spacecraft... 27 7 6 8 5 9 4 35 28 26 10 3 34 36 29 37 11 2 Start here 25 38 33 32 172171170 169 30 1 173 168 12 174 167 175 166 39 15 14 13 165 24 1716 31 197 176 198 178 164 18 199 177 142 163 196 179 141 20 19 22 200 162 159 158157156 194 180 155 23 140 40 154 21 195 181 161160 193 192 182 143 153 22 21 190 126 24 191 183 127 152 26 25 23 189 184 128 139 185 129 144 151 188 41 27 20 130 125 149 150 187 186 138 88 89 137 145 87 28 18 124 148 131 29 19 146 30 123 147 90 10 132 122 86 31 136 91 32 133 92 34 121 134 42 1735 135 93 36 33 114 11 1179 118 8 7119 1 85 37 115 116 120 95 94 113 2 96 41 40 39 38 9897 42 11 99 6 5 84 100 4 43 16 111 101 44 46 47 12 110 102 45 61 109 48 833 Objects to find: 59 60 108 49 62 107 103 50 106 104 105 Power drill Sneaker 51 58 63 82 57 13 81 52 64 68 80 Sunglasses Cell phone 15 65 69 79 535455 67 56 66 70 Flashlight Bottle 71 78 77 14 Dog, UB 313 72 73 74 75 76 14. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 7. CRISSCROSS THROUGH Design your home on the Moon! OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Can you solve the puzzle with these clues? ACROSS DOWN 4 A group of planets, asteroids, and comets that revolve 1 Smaller than an asteroid, this rocky object around the Sun can look like a shooting star 7 The rst asteroid discovered in 1801 2 The NASA mission traveling to the asteroid belt 8 The study of stars and other objects in outer space 3 NASA’s program to explore the 9 A rocky solar system object that is smaller than Solar System using robots a planet and orbits the Sun between Jupitar and Mars 5 Pieces of space rock that have landed 10 A small solar system object that may form a tail on Earth---most come from asteroids when it orbits close to the Sun 6 The rst asteroid the Dawn spacecraft will visit Using These Words: Discovery Ceres Vesta Asteroid Dawn Solarsystem Meteoroid Comet Astronomy Meteorite Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 8. 13. 313 is dreaming about Mars Moon U Asteroid N SLS Crew I T E D S T A T E S U N I T E D SLS Cargo S T A T 12. E S Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 9. COLOR in the SOLAR SYSTEM Uranus Pluto Sun In August 2006, Pluto, Charon and UB313 were redefined as Plutons or Dwarf planets. Mars Jupiter Neptune Earth Mercury Venus Saturn Scale Of The Planets Jupiter is the larget planet in the Solar System; it would take only 10 Jupiters to fit across the face of the Sun. Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also giants. The others are smaller; Earth would fit across the face of Jupiter 11 times. Venus is a little smaller than Earth, then Mars, Mercury, and Pluto, the smallest. Distance to the Sun: 778,120,000 KM 1,428,300,000 KM 2,872,700,000 KM 4,498,100,000 KM 57,900,000 KM 108,230,000 KM 150,000,000 KM 227,000,000 KM 5,914,300,000 KM KM = 1,000 meters or .62 miles 10. Aerojet Rocketdyne www.rocket.com 11. COLOR in the SOLAR SYSTEM Uranus Pluto Sun In August 2006, Pluto, Charon and UB313 were redefined as Plutons or Dwarf planets. Mars Jupiter Neptune Earth Mercury Venus Saturn Scale Of The Planets Jupiter is the larget planet in the Solar System; it would take only 10 Jupiters to fit across the face of the Sun. Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also giants. The others are smaller; Earth would fit across the face of Jupiter 11 times. Venus is a little smaller than Earth, then Mars, Mercury, and Pluto, the smallest. Distance to the Sun: 778,120,000 KM 1,428,300,000 KM 2,872,700,000 KM 4,498,100,000 KM 57,900,000 KM 108,230,000 KM 150,000,000 KM 227,000,000 KM 5,914,300,000 KM KM = 1,000 meters or .62 miles 10.
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