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    Shuttle Aeronautics

    Woman's Work

    Cmdr Collins

    drawing of shuttle launching


  • 1. Who is the first female commander of a shuttle mission (STS-93)?




    2. Name the payload of this mission (STS-93)?




    3. Take a "walk around the space shuttle" and find the names for these abbreviations.

  • ET =

  • SRB =

  • RMS =

  • OMS =


  • 4. How many levels are there to the crew cabin? Name each one.




    5. Look at a diagram of the space shuttle and draw the wing configuration of the orbiter.




    6. Check out the "Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle"
    to find that the space shuttle is also
    called an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Write its two names below.




    7. Look at the picture in the "Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle" section to find out how fast the orbiter is moving upon touchdown. (Give both mph and km/h.)




    8. Review the "Space Shuttle Vocabulary" and the diagram to locate the two landing gears. Name the two landing gears.




    9. In the Mathematics Activity (Not "Carry That Weight") name the activity that you will be doing. What part of the shuttle's mission will this relate to? (Hint: Look at the photos.)




    10. In "Phases of a Space Shuttle Mission" section it tells us that a typical shuttle mission is divided into how many phases?




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