Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is ___.

• a science lab in space where astronauts do experiments

• a resupply point for astronauts headed to the Moon

• a spacecraft used to study the Sun's weather

• a military spy outpost in orbit around Earth

The entire ISS is about the same size as a ___.

• football field

• basketball court

• city

• large camper / RV

The ISS is built from smaller pieces called ___.

• modules

• capsules

• pods

• habitats

The ISS orbits about 225 miles above Earth's surface in a ___.

• Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

• Geostationary Orbit (GEO)

• Polar Orbit (POO)

The ISS can support a crew of about ___ (#) astronauts at a time.

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

Astronauts on the ISS experience ___ - which is a lot like "weightlessness"

• microgravity

• minigravity

• megagravity

• subgravity

Astronauts on the ISS must ___ for about two (2) hours everyday to stay healthy.

• exercise

• sleep

• wear oxygen masks

• be submerged in water

Which of the following sources of water are recycled into drinking water on the ISS?

• all of these

• astronaut pee

• astronaut sweat

• the water vapor that astronauts breathe out

To stay clean on the ISS, astronauts ___.

• wipe off with wet wipes

• take a shower

• take a bath

• sit in a steamy sauna

When the astronauts' clothes become too dirty on the ISS, ___.

• they throw them away

• they wash them is a special washing machine

• they rinse them in the shower

• they do nothing - their clothes never get dirty