APRIL 13-17 SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PG. 4 - 10

PG. 4: WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

• IT'S A STATION WITH A LOT OF SPACE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.

• IT'S AN ENORMOUS SPACECRAFT THAT ORBITS THE EARTH.

• IT'S DIFFERENT SPACE ROCKETS THROUGHOUT SPACE THAT ARE FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER BUT THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER.

• IT'S A SCIENCE LAB IN NEW YORK CITY.

PG. 4: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE SPACE STATION?

• IT TEACHES YOUNG ASTRONAUTS HOW TO WORK IN SPACE.

• IT'S A PLACE THAT WEALTHY PEOPLE CAN BUY A TRIP TO SPACE AND TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES.

• IT'S A SCIENCE LAB IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES EVERY DAY.

• THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP FUTURE ASTRONAUTS EXPLORE MARS AND OTHER PLACES IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

PG. 5: HOW HIGH ABOVE EARTH IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

• 220 MILES

• 1 MILE

• 47 MILES

• 112 MILES

PG. 5: HOW QUICKLY CAN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FLY AROUND / ORBIT THE EARTH?

• 60 MINUTES

• 90 MINUTES

• 120 MINUTES

• 150 MINUTES

PG. 6: WHICH COUNTRY LAUNCHED THE FIRST SPACE STATION: THE SOVIET UNION / RUSSIA OR THE UNITED STATES?

• NEITHER - CHINA

• UNITED STATES

• SOVIET UNION / RUSSIA

• BOTH AT THE SAME TIME

PG. 7: THE FIRST PART OF RUSSIA'S MIR SPACE STATION WAS LAUNCHED IN _________ AND ORBITED AROUND EARTH UNTIL _________ .

• 1896, 2001

• 1986, 2010

• 1968, 2010

• 1986, 2001

PG. 7: WHICH COUNTRY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN SMALL SPACE STATION IN 2011. THEN, THEY LAUNCHED A 2ND BIGGER SPACE STATION IN 2016. NOW, THEY PLAN TO LAUNCH AN EVEN BIGGER STATION IN 2020.

• RUSSIA

• JAPAN

• CHINA

• ISRAEL

PG. 8: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES WERE NOT ONE OF THE MAIN PARTNERS WITH THE UNITED STATES IN MAKING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

• EUROPE

• BRAZIL

• CANADA

• JAPAN

PG. 9: HOW MANY SPACE FLIGHTS DID IT TAKE TO CONSTRUCT THE ISS?

• 151

• 511

• 51

• 115

PG. 10: WHEN DID THE FIRST LONG-TERM CREW ARRIVE TO THE ISS OR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

• 1998

• 2000

• 2001

• 2010