Space Transport
Across
- 6. Chinese used to use this for battle
- 7. Basic Rocket Part-materials needed for flight (crew cabins, food, etc.)
- 9. Largest space telescope. Launched in 1990
- 11. Station for starting an interplanetary flight in space. Joint project of 16 nations
- 12. Orbiting spacecraft containing all necessary life support systems
- 15. ___________ __________ are used at nuclear power plants for propulsion of ships
- 16. Archytas used ____________ ___________ to propel a model pigeon
Down
- 1. Basic Rocket Part-includes engines, fins, etc.
- 2. Transports personnel and equipment to orbiting spacecraft
- 3. Basic Rocket Part-liquid oxygen, gasoline, and liquid hydrogen
- 4. Engine that uses xenon gas instead of chemical fuels
- 5. First country to launch an artificial satellite (sputnik)
- 8. Every action, there is an equal, opposite reaction (law of ______)
- 10. When photons hit sail, energy causes _______ ______ to move
- 13. Contains instrumentation for carrying out robotic exploration of space
- 14. A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents (official definition)