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Aerospace History Calculus

Bridges of the World

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Engineering

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Alan Sheppard became the first American in space aboard this

spacecraft in 1961.Mercury-Redstone 3 or

Freedom 7

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This aircraft produced by Hughes was one of the largest

wood planes ever built, and made one flight in 1947.

Hughes H-4 Hercules or Spruce Goose

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The modern age of aerospace begin in 1799 when this man proposed an aircraft

with a fixed wing and a horizontal and vertical tail, defining the modern aircraft.

Sir George Cayley

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Which two pilots were the first to circumnavigate the globe

nonstop?

Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager

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On June 6, 1963, Voshtok 6 carried this cosmonaut, making

her the first woman in space.Valentina Tereshkova

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What mathematical function is used to find the area under a

curve?

Integration or Integral

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What theorem states that differentiation and integration

are inverse operations?The fundamental theorem of

calculus

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What calculus rule is shown here: if h(x) = f(x) g(x), then h’(x) =

f’(x)g(x) + f(x)g’(x)

The Product Rule or Leibniz rule

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(tan(x))’ is:

(tan(x))’ = sec2(x) or 1/cos2(x)

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Topic 3: 5The New River Gorge Bridge (shown here), near Fayetteville, West Virginia, is an example of what

type of bridge?

Arch Bridge

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This bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940 due to aeroelastic flutter,

which earned it the nickname “Galloping Gertie”.

Tacoma-Narrows Bridge

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The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan at 12,825 ft is the longest type of what

bridge?Suspension Bridge

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The longest bridge in the world at 540,700 ft is located in which

country?China

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This bridge connecting New York City to Bergen County, New Jersey, is the world's busiest bridge, carrying

102 million vehicles annually.George Washington Bridge

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This honorary AIAA Fellow received his undergraduate degree from Purdue

University, was a test pilot for NACA, and eventually become an astronaut and

was one of the twelve men to walk on the moon.

Neil Armstrong

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This former Air Force test pilot won the Ansari X-Prize award in 2004.

Burt Ruttan

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This member was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in

1932.Amelia Earhart

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This aircraft designer, best known for his flying wing designs, founded his

own aerospace company in the 1930’s.

John (Jack) Northrup

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This Associate Fellow was the “chief astronaut” for NASA during the Gemini

and Apollo programs before finally flying on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.

Donald “Deke” Slayton

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What was the name of the first animal in space?

Laika

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Mimicking structures created by insects, this man-made structure is composed of an array of hexagonal hollow cells that minimizes weight and material

costs while maximizing strength.Honeycomb structure

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Inspired by bird flight, this type of aircraft flies by flapping its wings.

Ornithopter

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Given by NASA astronauts, this award is given for outstanding

achievements related to human flight safety or mission success.

Silver Snoopy

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This is a term for a group within an organization a high degree of

autonomy that is tasked with working on advanced or secret projects.

Skunk Works