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25 Questions

1. Who flew the first plane across the English channel and what was significant about this plane?

2. Describe the fusion process on the sun.

3. What was mars global surveyor?

4. Who was the first person to walk in space?

5. What as the tet offensive?

6. Describe the Wright Brothers contribution to the airplane.

7. The instruments on what satellite discovered van Allen belts?

8. What was the USAs first all jet bomber?

9. What was the Soyuz project known for?

10. What is the thermosphere?

11. What was 'blitzkrieg'?

12. Who was the first American woman in space?

13. What was the first multiengine general aviation plane?

14. How did allied forces stop the Japanese advances across the pacific?

15. What is significant about the X-5?

16. What is the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer?

17. What was operation noble eagle?

18. What is an asteroid?

19. On the sun, what is the photosphere?

20. What is a comet?

21. Define specific impulse.

22. What scientist made the first computations for rocket flights in space?

23. What is the high energy astronomy observatory? (HEAO)

24. What is the Earth radiation budget satellite? (ERBS)

25. Who built the first device to carry humans in air and what was it?