Lesson 14-Space Shuttle Challenger II. Space istory Introduction From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for untold thousands of years. Ancient For your astronomers observed points of light that appeared to reference move among the stars. They called these objects planets, meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities-Jupiter, king of the gods; Mars, the god of war: Mercury, messenger of the gods, Venus the god of love and beauty; and Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently falling from the sky W BTL E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 14—Space Shuttle Challenger W B T L E II. Space History Introduction To be continued on the next page. For your reference From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for untold thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the stars. They called these objects planets, meaning wanderers, and named them after Roman deities—Jupiter, king of the gods; Mars, the god of war; Mercury, messenger of the gods; Venus, the god of love and beauty; and Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. The stargazers also observed comets with sparkling tails, and meteors or shooting stars apparently falling from the sky
Lesson 14-Space Shuttle Challenger II. Space istory Introduction Science flourished during the european Renaissance. Fundamental physical laws For your reference governing planetary motion were discovered and the orbits of the planets around the sun were calculated. In the 17th century astronomers pointed a new device called the telescope at the heavens and made startling discoveries W BTL E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 14—Space Shuttle Challenger W B T L E II. Space History Introduction To be continued on the next page. For your reference Science flourished during the European Renaissance. Fundamental physical laws governing planetary motion were discovered, and the orbits of the planets around the Sun were calculated. In the 17th century, astronomers pointed a new device called the telescope at the heavens and made startling discoveries