Viewing Guide: Space Station
Fill out the following viewing guide while watching the Space Station IMAX movie. Use the word bank below to help you select your answers.
pool / Water / live / 16 / Virtual realityKennedy Space Center / Soyuz / Kazakhstan / Personal jet packs. / planets
250 / sank / 250 Miles / Space Shuttle / Russia
Air / 8 / Human body
1. The International Space Station orbits ______above the surface of the earth.
2. ______labs help astronauts to practice for their trips to the International Space Station.
3. The parts of the International Space Station were built by thousands of people in ____ different countries around the world. Some parts were tested at the ______in Florida. Other parts were tested in ______.
4. The main delivery vehicle for hauling parts to the International Space Station was the ______.
5. To give astronauts practice building the International Space Station, scientists ______life size models of the station in a ______because it created conditions as close to weightlessness as possible.
6. Astronauts who are taking space walks can survive up to ______hours in temperatures that can range from plus to minus ______degrees.
7. Astronauts who are taking space walks also wear ______as a safety measure to help them return to the ISS if their tethers break.
8. The International Space Station gives us an opportunity to explore ways that we can ______beyond Earth. That can be useful as we explore the potential of traveling to other ______. Studying what happens to the ______after long periods of time in space is one of the most important jobs on the ISS.
9. While the Russian ______rocket is uncomfortable to travel in, it is the workhorse of the International Space Station project, shuttling passengers back and forth from its launching base in ______.
10. All of the ______and ______on the International Space Station has to be recycled simply because getting it to space is nearly impossible any other way.