Name _________________________________

Prof. Jon Satko

ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY: SPACE TECHNOLOGY

LAB for Astronomy 101

Go to the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html.

On the Index, you will find the category, “Space Technology,” which includes such links as “Rockets/Launch Vehicles,” “Orbiting Observatories,” etc.

There are four subcategories in Space Technology:

·        Rockets / Launch Vehicles

·        Orbiting Observatories

·        Space Stations

·        Earth Observatories

Pick one entry from each of the four subcategories; read about them, and then write at least three interesting facts that you learned about each one.

(You will therefore be writing about four different technologies.)