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Space Exploration

Requirements

1. Know and discuss who each of these people were and their contribution to space exploration:

  • a. Robert H. Goddard
  • b. Hermann Oberth
  • c. Wernher Von Braun
  • d. Galileo Galilei
  • e. Neil Armstrong
  • f. Sally K. Ride
  • g. John Glenn
  • h. Yuri Gagarin
  • i. Laika
  • j. Sam
  • k. Valentina Tereshkova
  • l. Alan Shepard

2. Explain what these acronyms stand for:

  • a. NASA
  • b. VAB
  • c. EVA
  • d. STS
  • e. EMU
  • f. MMU

3. Describe each of these space programs:

  • a. Mercury
  • b. Gemini
  • c. Apollo
  • d. Skylab
  • e. Space Shuttle
  • f. Apollo-Soyuz

4. What was Sputnik?

5. The Apollo 8 astronauts were in lunar orbit on Christmas day, 1968. They each read from a book and their readings were broadcast back to Earth. What was the name of the book?

6. Earn the Star Honor.

Answer key & resources

Patch history

Earlier designs of this patch. See all outdated insignia.

Old Space Exploration patch

Space Exploration

Changed in an unknown year

Specific only to the Florida Conference, this patch originally had a man on the moon and a border embroidered with a gold color. It was changed to a man orbiting the earth, the border was recolored black, and the background was recolored to gray to match all other FL-only honors.

Adapted from AY Honors/Space Exploration on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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