a) Synthesis information about spacecraft, satellite, galaxy, planet, solar system or telescope.

spacecraft

a vehicle designed for travel or operation in space beyond the earth's

atmosphere or in orbit around the earth.
- also called spaceship.

satellite

-a device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting
information or communicating by radio, television, etc.
-a natural object moving around a larger object in space

planet

any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun
and shining by reflected light: Mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus,
or Neptune, in the orderof their proximity to the sun.
Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a ninth
planet in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.

solar system

The solar system consists of a central star, the Sun, and all of the
smaller celestial bodies that continuously travel around it. The
smaller bodies include eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, which are themselves orbited
by more than 140 moons. (Only Mercury and Venus have no
moons.) In addition, the solar system contains millions of rocky
asteroids and billions of icy comets. All of these objects are held
together in a group by the Sun's gravity.

telescope.

an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and

therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting
telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end
of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set
into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through
which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other
form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers
light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or
combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is

enlarged and viewed.

b) Find the usage of

(a) rocket

Rockets are now used for fireworks, weaponry, ejection

seats,launch vehicles for artificial satellites, human spaceflight,
and space exploration.

(b) space shuttle

takes notes on what happens in outer space.

study details of other planets, moons, stars and other objects in the
space.

The space shuttle was like a moving van. It took satellites to space so they
could orbit Earth. The shuttle carried large parts into space to build the
International Space Station.
The space shuttle was also like a science lab. Astronauts did experiments
there. Doing experiments in space is different than doing them on Earth.
(c) space probe

space probe is a self-contained piece of machinery designed to perform a

variety of prescribed complex operations :
(1)power supply, (2) propulsion, (3) attitude control, (4) environmental
control, (5) computer subsystem, (6) communications, (7) engineering,
(8) scientific instrumentation, (9) guidance control, and (10) structural
platform.

d) space station

(e) satellite

space station or space platform, artificial earth satellite, usually manned,

that is placed in a fixed orbit and can serve as a base for astronomical
observations; zero-gravity materials processing; satellite assembly,
refueling, and repair; or, possibly, as weapons platforms.

1) Used in long distance communications such as in

television,fax,internet etc
2) Used in television and radio broadcasting etc

3) Weather forcasting (i.e) in prediction of rainfall, snowfall, storm etc

4) Agricultural monitoring (i.e) crop disease, crop failure.
5) Collecting information about other planets, stars and other celestial
bodies

(i) Research
(ii) Communications
(iii) Weather
(iv) Navigation
(v) Applications and
(vi) Military satellites