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SPACECRAFTS
Lesson 1.3
Mrs. Gianelos
DO NOW: Set up Space
Exploration in ISN and copy down
this VOCABULARY on right side
 Satellite: an object that orbits a more
massive object
 Space
Station: a satellite in which
people can live and work for long periods
 Lander: craft designed to land a planet’s
surface
 Probe: spacecraft that drops into a
planet’s atmosphere & records data
The Apollo Program took
astronauts to the moon!
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The Apollo program had the goal of
carrying three astronauts in
preparation for an eventual moon
landing. The race to the moon was a
rivalry between the Soviet Union and
USA.
• Apollo I was destroyed by fire
during a launch rehearsal, and all
three astronauts perished.
• Successive Apollo missions were
successful.
• Apollo 8 was the first flight in which
humans orbited
the moon.
APOLLO 11
• Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong,
Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins)
was launched on July 16,
1969.
On July 20, 1969, Armstrong
and Aldrin departed in the
lunar module and became the
1st humans to walk on the
moon’s surface.
 •Five more missions landed
on the moon, ending with
Apollo 17 in December 1972.
FLYBY
Spacecraft passes planet
without orbiting them
 As a flyby passes a planet
the planet’s gravity is used
to change the flyby’s
speed or direction
 Voyager 2 flew past
Saturn, Uranus, and
Neptune—even though it
left Earth with only enough
energy to reach Jupiter.
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ORBITERS
Spacecraft collects data
from a planet while moving
around it.
 Can view most or all of a
planet’s surface over a
longer period of time
 Sends pictures back to
Earth and also takes
temperature readings
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Mars Reconn Orbiter
Titan Saturn Mission
LANDERS
Spacecraft designed to
land on a planet’s surface
 Landers have been on
Moon, Venus, and Mars
 Collects soil and rock
samples, takes pictures,
measures properties of
atmosphere & surface
 Rovers SPIRIT &
OPPORTUNITY
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Storm on Mars—picture taken by
Rover Opportunity
PROBES
Spacecraft that collects data
from a planet as it drops into
the planet’s atmosphere
 Takes atmospheric pressure
and temperature readings
 Work for a short period of time
and are destroyed usually on
impact
 Used to explore deep
atmosphere of Jupiter
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Voyager Space
Probe
Pioneer Venus
YOUR MISSION: PROBES TO
PLANETS MISSION REPORT IN ISN
Pick a probe! Use the internet to
complete the Mission Report on the left
side of you ISN.
 Print a picture of your probe or a picture it
took of an object in space. Glue or tape
into left side of ISN.
 DUE TOMORROW!!!!!!
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