The International Space Station

What is the main job of the International Space Station (ISS)?

• To be a museum

• To be a science lab

• To be a vacation spot

• To fly around Earth only for fun

The ISS has the volume of a five bedroom house or two Boeing 747 jetliners.

• True

• False

On the Earth the Space Station would weigh how much in pounds?

• 500 hundred

• Almost 1 million!

• 4 million

• 1 billion

The space station's solar arrays collect energy from the moon.

• True

• False

The space station’s laboratories allow crew members to do research that could not be done anywhere else.

• True

• False

Which part of the Space Station lets astronauts go outside without letting air out?

• Radiators

• Docking ports

• Nodes

• Airlocks

Astronauts put together the ISS parts while they were on Earth

• True

• False

NASA is planning to explore other worlds, and the ISS is an important first step in this exploration.

• True

• False