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- 4. After the ______ war ended, the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union started to improve so they could work together to dock their aircraft in space.
- 8. The component of a jet engine that sucks in the air.
- 9. co-inventor of the jet engine
- 11. Airliners with jet engines are above to flow above the ________
- 12. Which country first used a jet fighter during World War II?
- 15. exhaust flows _______ the direction of motion
- 16. The component of a jet engine where an explosion occurs.
- 17. co-inventor of the jet engine
- 19. The second space program of NASA's to act as a stepping stone to landing on the moon
- 21. the United States’ first space station.
- 22. The first American astronaut who flew to space was___________.
- 23. The first space program of NASA's to act as a stepping stone to landing on the moon.
- 24. The part of the “stack” of the space transport system that looks most like an airplane is called the_______.
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- 1. The development of the jet aircraft ___________ people from around the world.
- 2. The component of a jet engine acts like a windmill
- 3. The _______ 707 was the first successful commercial jet aircraft for civilian use.
- 5. The first jet engines were built for use on ________ aircraft.
- 6. jet engines allowed us to go _______ than ever before
- 7. _____ and performance were improved in aircraft because of jet engines.
- 10. Newton’s ________ law states that every action has an equal and opposite reaction
- 13. The first man on the moon.
- 14. The first operational orbiter to fly in space was the ________.
- 18. The U.S. wanted to be #1 in space exploration because they thought the Soviet Union was using Sputnik for what?
- 20. This was created in 1958 by U.S. Congress to put emphasis on winning the "space race"
- 21. This type of wing delayed the impact of shock waves at high speeds
- 22. The space ______ was the first reusable spacecraft that could carry humans and cargo
