Study Guide 1.Optical Telescopes -Collects visible light/radiation. Space or land-based. reflecting/refracting 2.Reflecting Tele.-Optical; use mirrors 3.Refracting Tele.-Optical; use lenses 4.Hubble-Optical; reflecting; use mirrors; space-based. 5.Electromagnetic Spectrum-All wavelengths of radiation visible & non-visible 6.Non-optical telescopes -Collects non-visible light; most are space-based 7.Radio Telescopes -Non-optical, Non-visible light; land/space-based 8.Robert Goddard -Father of modern rocketry 9.Werner Von Braun -German scientist that helped develop the USA rocket program

10. Rocket - using escaping gases to move 11. NASA -National Aeronautics & Space Administration; started directly because of Sputnik launch 12. Thrust -Force that propels a rocket 13.Artificial Satellite – a man-made body that orbits another body 14.Sputnik - First artificial satellite; cause of NASA creation 15.GEO -Orbit 36000km above Earth; travels at same speed as Earth to maintain its position 16.LEO-Orbit 1500km or less above Earth’s surface 17.GPS-Global Positioning System- innovation that allows an individual to pinpoint their exact location on Earth.

18.MRI-Technology which provides images of the soft tissues of the body. 19.Space probes -Un-manned space vehicles that travel great distances; too far or too dangerous for humans 20. Yuri Gagarin -First man in space. 21. John Glenn -First American in space. 22.July 20, Eagle landed on the moon; Neil Armstrong first man to walk on the moon. 23. Space Shuttle -Reusable space vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like a plane. 24.Spinoffs -Technology which was originally designed for space exploration that is now used to benefit people on Earth.

Name 3 technologies developed by NASA that we use in our everyday lives. DESCRIBE each one and how we use them.