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    The document defines different types of telescopes including refracting telescopes which use lenses, reflecting telescopes which use mirrors, and radio telescopes which use antennas to collect radio waves. It also defines satellites as objects that orbit larger objects, rockets as vehicles that propel themselves using exhaust gases, and space probes as uncrewed spacecraft. Finally, it summarizes several NASA missions including Mercury missions to send humans to space, Gemini missions to practice space maneuvers, and Apollo missions to send humans to the moon.

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    The document defines different types of telescopes including refracting telescopes which use lenses, reflecting telescopes which use mirrors, and radio telescopes which use antennas to collect radio waves. It also defines satellites as objects that orbit larger objects, rockets as vehicles that propel themselves using exhaust gases, and space probes as uncrewed spacecraft. Finally, it summarizes several NASA missions including Mercury missions to send humans to space, Gemini missions to practice space maneuvers, and Apollo missions to send humans to the moon.

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    VOCAB #15

    REFRACTING TELESCOPE

    A telescope that uses a convex lens to concentrate light from


    a distant object
    REFLECTING TELESCOPE

    A telescope that uses a curved mirror to concentrate light


    from a distant object
    RADIO TELESCOPE

    A telescope that collects radio waves using an antenna that


    looks like a TV satellite dish.
    SATELLITE

    Any small object that orbits a larger object


    ROCKET

    A vehicle designed to propel itself by ejecting exhaust gas


    from one end
    SPACE PROBE

    An uncrewed spacecraft sent


    MERCURY MISSIONS

    A series of NASA missions designed to send humans into


    space
    GEMINI MISSIONS

    A series of NASA missions designed to practice maneuvers,


    such as docking in space, that were required to send humans
    to the moon.
    APOLLO MISSIONS

    A series of space missions designed to send humans to the


    moon
    SPACE SHUTTLE

    A reusable spacecraft that transports people and materials to


    and from space.

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