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How did the space shuttle Endeavour get its name

NASA held a competition in schools around the country to select the name of the new space shuttle. The name â??Endeavorâ?? came from was a ship belonging to the British Royal Navy. In 1769, Captain James Cook steered the Endeavor to Tahiti to witness the transit of Venus, an event that allows people to see Venus passing across the Sun.

Who was the first teacher to go to space

Christa McAuliffe

Which space program provided the technical training and data needed to bridge the gap between walking on the Earth and walking on the Moon

Gemini

What is the collection of ancient stars found in the center of the local group called

central bulge

Which space shuttle and its seven crew members were lost during reentry over eastern Texas on February 1 2003

Columbia

What was the first successful lunar lander launched by the United states

surveyor 1

What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the Moon on July 20 1969

OTF Vonte

Who was the first spacewalk took place during which mission

challenger

What is Apollo 11 touch down on the site known

on the moon

The majority of known galaxies are which shape

Spiral .

Why do charged particles from the sun (the solar wind) get trapped in the van Allen radiation belts

The Van Allen belts are caused by Earth's magnetic field. Charged particles are deflected in the presence of a magnetic field.

In which type of star cluster are the stars more densely packed forming a somewhat spherical pattern

globular cluster

Photographs from which spacecraft provided the initial data for NASA scientists to determine future mission landing sites on the Moon

ranger 7 A+

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