Satellites

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Across
  1. 2. The challenge of the Mir Space Station
  2. 3. The covering of the International Space Station to preserve the interior.
  3. 5. What replaced the 'umbilical cord' so that astronauts could move freely outside of the Mir Space Station?
  4. 11. The satellite orbiting in an asynchronous orbit
  5. 13. The energy that Mir and the International Space Station uses to power all functions
  6. 16. Used to send and receive signals
  7. 17. Eight of these traveled the globe to maintain radio contact with Skylab
  8. 18. The signal from the International Space Station traveled to 9 satellites where they were relayed to Earth and redirected to _________ _________.
  9. 22. The 'leap' for this space station was to overcome communication difficulties.
  10. 25. Number of days Skylab crew remained in space.
  11. 26. A 24 hour orbit revolving above the same point of Earth
  12. 29. The Russian Space Station with a 6 man crew.
  13. 30. The issues of the Apollo Sayuz included _______________ and engineering.
  14. 31. What describes the environment in outer space?
  15. 32. The first space station launched by Russia.
Down
  1. 1. A small object that orbits a much larger object
  2. 4. A style of sensing used for satellites and spacecraft. May be used to spy.
  3. 6. Solar panels do this to produce electrical energy that power satellite functions
  4. 7. The International Space Station is studying the effect of zero gravity on the growth of animals and _____________.
  5. 8. The satellite most likely to be in a geostationary orbit
  6. 9. Skylab tested the effect of this on the muscles in the human body.
  7. 10. This is recycled in the International Space Station from sweat, humidity and urine. 94% of the water used is recoverable this way.
  8. 12. The frame and body of the satellite
  9. 14. The cleaner and booster of distorted and weakened signals
  10. 15. When the force due to acceleration equals the gravitational pull from Earth
  11. 19. What the Global Positioning System (GPS) is used for.
  12. 20. Type of satellite that is made by man, eg space station
  13. 21. Space is expected to be a total ______________, however, there are atmospheric particles present that create drag.
  14. 23. An orbit that exceeds the speed of the Earth's rotation
  15. 24. The element that is normally dissolved in blood that bubbles out dangerously when there is a big pressure change.
  16. 27. 5 crew manned this first international space effort, although there were problems docking the two stations together.
  17. 28. The number of astronauts that died on Salyut's re-entry after 23 days in space.
  18. 30. An orbit that is at right angles to the Earth's rotation, eg satellite orbit