Life in Space Vocabulary Quiz

A vehicle designed to travel in outer space.

• Outer space

• Space shuttle

• Spacecraft

• International Space Station

The vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere where stars and planets exist.

• Zero gravity

• Outer space

• Space capsule

• Space shuttle

A reusable vehicle used to transport astronauts and cargo between Earth and space.

• Space capsule

• Spacecraft

• Space shuttle

• International Space Station

Answer explanation

The Space Shuttle ("Ônibus Espacial') was a NASA spacecraft that could be reused. It was the first orbital space vehicle to be designed for this purpose. The Space Shuttle program lasted for about 30 years, with the first flight in 1981 and the last in 2011.

A small, enclosed module designed to carry astronauts into space and often return them safely to Earth.

• Space capsule

• Spacecraft

• Outer space

• Zero gravity

Answer explanation

A space capsule is typically the main section of a manned spacecraft that has a simple shape, without "wings" or other appendages to create lift during re-entry into the atmosphere.

The condition of weightlessness experienced by objects or people in space, where the effects of gravity are not felt.

• Outer space

• International Space Station

• Zero gravity

• Space shuttle

Answer explanation

The habitable artificial satellite that serves as a space laboratory and home for astronauts orbiting Earth.

• Spacecraft

• International Space Station

• Space capsule

• Outer space

Answer explanation

The International Space Station (ISS) is a fully completed space laboratory whose assembly in orbit began in 1998 and officially ended on July 8, 2011, on the STS-135 mission, with the Space Shuttle Atlantis.[1] The station is in a low orbit of 408 x 418 km, which allows it to be seen from Earth with the naked eye, and travels at an average speed of 27,700 km/h, completing 15.70 orbits per day.