He perfected the telescope

This country lead the space race for many years, putting the first satellite, dog, and man in space?

It has two glass lenses that magnify the VISUAL light spectrum

What is the largest satellite that orbits round the earth.

A new rocket system from NASA that is 15 stronger than the Apollo rockets.

A model for our solar system suggested by Nicholas Copernicus that has the planets rotating around the Sun.

NASA's reusable transport ship that could land on a runway, instead splashing in the Ocean

It uses a prism to break down the visual light spectrum into it's individual parts. We can identify the elements of distant gases using this.

This man made object in space holds multiple astronauts from multiple countries for months at a time. Allowing for long scientific, and technological studies in space.

The title of the missions that will bring humans back to the moon and beyond to MARS

A model for our solar system suggest by Ptolemy that had the EARTH as the center of everything in the heavens.

NASA mission that brought humans to the lunar surface and back. One mission ended in disaster in training and one almost ended in disaster in space.

We can look deep into the universe and see whole galaxies that look like single stars to human eyes. This is in outer space.

This object used to be a planet, but is in reality much smaller and further away than the other 8 planetary mainstays.

A moon of Jupiter that may harbor life in it's underground oceans of water

The distance that we use to measure the space between stars, solar systems and galaxies.
(approx. 6,000,000,000,000 miles in a year)

This is the part of the space shuttle program that lead to catastrophic failure killing 7 astronauts including the first teacher in space

This is a natural object in space that DOES NOT clear it's own path, and it's gravity ins NOT enough to make it a perfect round ball.

The four rocky inner planets between the Sun and the asteroid belt.

This ship will slowly works its way to the sun, and scoop up some its atmosphere.

After Europe entered the dark ages what culture continued to study the stars and other sciences. Making leaps that Europe would not for 1,250 years

NASA Missions that launched the first american's into space. These flights only had room for one man at a time.

This is a type of satellite that does not stay in any one orbit.

These four gas giants are the outer planets. The distance between each of them and their neighbors is massive.

A testing site and staging area, and blast off site for eventual missions to mars.