NASA- Space Vocabulary

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1. force- A push or pull on an object.

2. drag- The force due to air that slows down the plane as it moves forward.

3. thrust- The force of the engine, which pushes a plane forward.

4. gravity- The force of attraction between two objects (such as the force between you and the Earth).

5. lift- The force that keeps an airplane up due to the flow of air over and under the wings.

6. mach- A number that compares an airplane’s speed to the speed of sound 750 mph. (At Mach 2, a plane goes twice the speed of sound).

7. supersonic- A term that indicates motion faster than the speed of sound (more than Mach 1 but less than Mach 5).

8. engineer- A person trained to design, construct, and operate mechanical or electrical instruments

9. ration- A fixed amount of food or water when the supply is limited.

10. gyroscope - A spinning wheel that tends to maintain its direction in space

11. trajectory -The curve of the path of a spacecraft in flight

12. velocity - The speed and direction of an object.

13. momentum - The tendency of a moving object to keep moving.

14. altitude - The height above sea level.

15. Latitude - The distance north and south from the Equator, expressed in degrees.

16. Longitude - The distance east and west from Greenwich, England, expressed in degrees.

17. Infrared - A type of light that can’t be seen by humans but that instruments can use to measure the

heat differences between objects.

18. Mission - A particular task that a person or group is to perform.

19. Remote - Far away.

Tuesday- copy definitions

Wednesday- 10. sentences 1 vocab word per sentence

Thursday-crossword puzzle

Other words… but won’t be tested

Fuselage - The part of a plane which holds people and cargo and to which the wings and tail are attached.

Airfoil - The shape of a wing’s cross-section (a slice across the wing), designed to create as much lift and as little drag as possible.

Rudder - The parts of the tail surfaces that control a plane’s yaw (its left and right turning).

Air pressure - The force of air spread over a surface; it can be caused by the weight of the atmosphere above or by moving through the atmosphere.