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We can look up to see the stars to understand where we are. After a while, they become familiar, and you feel like you are looking at a very cool road atlas
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Answer provided by Col. USAF Catherine Coleman, Ph.D.
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... how high we are, and where we want to land. This is an energy-versus-range calculation which determines where the deorbit maneuver begins. Generally it is initiated about 10,000 miles from touchdown and approximately one ...
... that can answer three questions: Where am I? How am I oriented? Where is everything else? These data will be transmitted to ground control through communication satellites. We can use this information ... course so we know how and when to reach the hotel in space.
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Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow
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... in travel. While texture changes are noticed and used in travel by the blind on Earth, it is not essential that they are specifically planned and built into the environment. However, in space, texture may be one of a variety of solutions that can be used to improve the challenges of travel in micro-gravity ...
Once we are outside the Earth's atmosphere, it is easier to see all stars and planets without the twinkling, but they are so far away that they do not look any bigger than they do when you look at the sky at night.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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In case of failure, the usual procedure is to use the backup, if one is available. Next, the mission ... if a replacement part or repair kit is available. Astronauts are resourceful and innovative, and operations support personnel on the ground ... logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer
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... rules are followed as well. Nothing is without risk, especially anything that's worthwhile. As one of the astronauts stated, "I think we explore because it's the right thing to do to learn. We've always been explorers. It's in our nature as a people to explore beyond the boundaries of our knowledge and limitations. Exploring in space is part of ...
No, the stars are still so far away that they are just points of light, so we don't get a three-dimensional view of them. Only if we could fly close to another star would it look bigger.
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Answer provided by Dirk Terrell, Ph.D.
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... and anything not tied down in the cabin floats, or, more accurately, falls freely within the confines of the Shuttle. They are now in a micro-gravity environment and in space
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Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski
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