The document discusses the Voyager space probes. It describes how the Voyager probes were launched in 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida to explore Jupiter and Saturn. It then explains how the mission was extended to explore the outer solar system beyond Neptune. The Voyager probes have made many discoveries about the outer planets and their moons through photography and other instrument readings.

2. O Near the equator in the direction of the
Earth’s rotation (east).
O Popular places were rockets have been
launched: Cape Canaveral in Florida,
USA, Vandenberg in California, USA,
Baikonur in Russia and Plesetsk
Cosmodrome in Russia.

3. O The speed an object needs to be
travelling at to escape a planet’s or moons
gravitation pull.
O Space probes need to exceed 11.2kms-1 .
O The Voyager probes had a velocity
of 14kms-1.

4. O Twin probes were launched by NASA
in 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket.
O Primary mission was the exploration of
Jupiter and Saturn.
O On completion, the mission was
extended.
O Current mission: The exploration the solar
system beyond the outer planets.

5. O Between the twin probes they would
explore all the giant outer planets, 48 of
their moons, and the unique systems of
rings and magnetic fields those planets
possess.

6. O Knowledge of space to society and
through space probes astronomy’s
biggest discoveries have been made.
O Use of Teflon
O Health and medicine, transportation,
public safety, consumer goods,
environmental and agricultural resources,
computer technology and industrial
productivity

7. O Defined as: Using the motion of a planet
to assist a space probe’s acceleration into
outer space.

8. O Were either government or educational
implemented.
O Notes used as a source of information
were from class notes.
O Compared with other sources to check for
consistency in the information.
O Up to date sites

9. O Relevant to answering the questions in
the task.
O Relevant to classwork in understanding
HSC dot points.

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