Lunar Exploration Test
the first person walked the moon in...
1969
Orion Capsule
A capsule that will transport the Artemis astronauts to the moon. It sits atop the SLS rocket and will separate from the boosters during flight, continuing its journey to the moon. It successfully completed its first uncrewed rendezvous during Artemis I.
System
A group of related parts that function together as a whole.
Artemis III Mission
A mission scheduled for 2025 expected to return the first humans to the moon's surface since 1972. This mission is going to make history by bringing the first woman and the first man of color to the lunar surface.
Saturn V (five)
A retired American super heavy-lift launch rocket/vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program. It was used to transport astronauts for human exploration of the Moon. It was flown from 1967-1973. Only 17 apollo missions.
International Space Station
A space station that orbits Earth carrying out scientific investigations about how stuff behaves in microgravity environments while collecting data about our planet.
Skylab
America's first space station launched in 1973. It hosted 4 crews of astronauts in 1973 and 1974 before it broke apart in the atmosphere.
claim
Answer to the question.
"Crewed" vs "uncrewed" flight
Crewed = carrying astronauts on board the spacecraft Uncrewed = not carrying any astronauts on board the spacecraft.
Apollo 11 mission
Lunar mission (July 1969) that landed the first astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to land on the moon.
Artemis Program
Nasa's new plan to launch astronauts using American rockets and from American soil to the south pole of the moon. This program will bring the first woman and first man of color to the moon.
Lunar (ex - lunar surface, lunar orbit)
Refers to the moon. Lunar surface = surface of the moon Lunar orbit = orbit around the moon
Starship Human Landing System
Space-X is designing the world's most powerful and fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo down to the lunar surface from the gateway in orbit.
Staging
Stages a rocket breaks up in.
Artemis II Mission
Test flight that will follow the same path as the Artemis I mission - beyond the moon and back, but this time carrying a crew of astronauts in the Orion capsule for the journey. Expected to launch Nov 2024.
Artemis I Mission
Test the power of the SLS rocket and make sure that it could push an uncrewed capsule (Orion) beyond Earth's orbit. Test the flight of the (uncrewed) Orion capsule which needs to travel beyond the moon and then return home. This test run was successfully completed December 11, 2022.
evidence
The data that supports your claim.
Red Planet
The fourth planet from the sun, Mars, is often referred to as the Red Planet. Mars is red due to the high iron oxide (rust) content found in its soil.
Payload
The object(s) that a spacecraft is carrying - this can be humans, satellites, landers, rovers and/or cargo goods. Also refers to how much weight the spacecraft can support.
Independent Variable
The part of the experiment that you purposely changed for testing.
Dependent Variable
The results of the experiment.
Space Launch System (SLS)
The rocket used for NASA's Moon to Mars program (Artemis). The SLS rocket carries the Orion capsule, pushing astronauts towards the moon.
reasoning
The science that brings it all together.
Gateway
Will be humanity's first space station in lunar orbit (orbiting continuously around the moon) to support NASA's deep space exploration plans (from moon to Mars).
Rocket launch
You need more thrust than gravity to launch a rocket and the more thrust the farther a rocket will go.
Bar Graph
category comparison
apollo 1
death during test run
Gravity
force that holds things down to earth
thrust
force that pushes thinsg up
NASA
governmnet organization for space
orion capsule
holds 4 crew members
Histogram
shows distrubution over variables
correlation
the relationship the same: postive different: negative
artemis missions
wants to go to south pole
