Flashcards on Space Exploration Beyond Earth Orbit
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What is the term for space exploration beyond Earth's orbit?
Deep space exploration
Which robotic spacecraft was launched in 1990 to explore deep space beyond Earth's orbit?
Hubble Space Telescope
What is the name of the unmanned spacecraft that completed its mission in 2017 to explore and study Jupiter and its moons?
Juno
Which probe, launched in 2006, conducted a flyby study of Pluto in 2015 before venturing deeper into space beyond Earth's orbit?
New Horizons
What is the term for the area of space beyond Earth's orbit where the gravitational influence of the Sun is dominant?
Heliopause
Which spacecraft, launched in 1977, is the only human-made object to have reached interstellar space, beyond Earth's orbit?
Voyager 1
What is the name of the program initiated by NASA to send astronauts to explore deep space beyond Earth's orbit, with the goal of reaching Mars?
Artemis
Which space agency successfully landed the first robotic spacecraft on a comet in 2014, exploring space beyond Earth's orbit?
European Space Agency (ESA)
What is the term for the process of using gravity assist from a planet or moon to alter a spacecraft's trajectory and gain speed for deep space exploration?
Gravity assist
Which space agency launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft in 2001 to explore Mars and study its climate and geology?
NASA
Which unmanned spacecraft, launched in 2016, successfully landed on Mars to study its atmosphere and search for signs of past or present life?
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
What is the term for the region of space within a planet's magnetosphere where charged particles are trapped by its magnetic field?
Van Allen radiation belts
Which space probe, launched in 1989, has been exploring Saturn and its moons since 2004?
Cassini-Huygens
What is the term for the boundary marking the limit of where the Sun's solar wind is no longer dominant and a transition to the interstellar medium occurs?
Termination shock
Which mission, launched in 2005, was a joint collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to study Saturn and its moons?
Which robotic spacecraft was launched in 1990 to explore deep space beyond Earth's orbit?
What is the name of the program initiated by NASA to send astronauts to explore deep space beyond Earth's orbit, with the goal of reaching Mars?
Which space agency successfully landed the first robotic spacecraft on a comet in 2014, exploring space beyond Earth's orbit?
Which spacecraft, launched in 1977, is the only human-made object to have reached interstellar space, beyond Earth's orbit?
What is the term for the region of space within a planet's magnetosphere where charged particles are trapped by its magnetic field?
Which space probe, launched in 1989, has been exploring Saturn and its moons since 2004?
What is the name of the unmanned spacecraft that completed its mission in 2017 to explore and study Jupiter and its moons?
Which unmanned spacecraft, launched in 2016, successfully landed on Mars to study its atmosphere and search for signs of past or present life?
What is the term for the process of using gravity assist from a planet or moon to alter a spacecraft's trajectory and gain speed for deep space exploration?
Which space agency launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft in 2001 to explore Mars and study its climate and geology?