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... hair short before flight; some roll it into a bun during flight, and I have seen video showing how a large bushy hairdo can get in the way of other astronauts. And, there is always the possibility of getting hair snagged ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - HAIR and NAILS

... return to Earth, with the astronauts staying inside and exiting just as with a normal landing. If there were a problem inside the orbiter, however, the astronauts wouldn't want to wait to ... Shuttle, once they've escaped through the left overhead window of the orbiter. This window is equipped with pyrotechnic firing circuits to quickly remove the windowpane. ---- Answer provided by Futron ...

Each crew is in constant contact and is monitored by Mission Control Center (MCC). Should a problem arise that was unforeseeable and unanticipated, MCC and a team of experts in various fields work with the crew to develop a plan ...

... cabin air. Much heat is generated by the crew and the systems in the cabin—avionics in particular—and most of the time the problem is to get rid of heat rather than warm the air. Air is circulated by fans, passed through lithium hydroxide and charcoal ... , and then sent through a heat exchanger where the heat is transferred to a water loop. The water is then sent to another heat exchanger where the heat is transferred to a Freon loop similar to ...

... rocks? Others live underwater where the temperature is above the boiling point and the pressure is 3,000 pounds per square inch That is like having a small car sitting on your back. Yes, these things occur right here on Earth—and that is why scientists believe just about anything is possible. ---- Answer ...

... atmospheres like those on Earth or on Mars. The NASA Space Shuttle orbiter is designed with wings and a tail because it must return from space and be steerable through the atmosphere to land on Earth. But if a spacecraft is to operate entirely in the vacuum of space, it need not be designed like ... just fine in space and on the lunar surface (where there is no atmosphere), but it didn't look much like a plane. ---- Answer provided by Jon H. Brown Image:K2S logosmall ...

... far from home. The fact that the passage of time changes depending on our motion is known as time dilation; it's part of the theory of relativity. Albert Einstein, who ... to your point of view. If your point of view is moving very fast, then time will move at a different rate than on Earth. ---- Answer provided by Luke Keller, Ph.D ...

... the insides of the spaceship? Is it like flying like a bird or swimming like a fish, or both? It is not hard to adapt to floating, over a period of a day or so, since your body really adapts to weightlessness. It is very easy to move around. In fact, with three dimensions instead of two in which to move, there seems to be a lot more room in the ...

For Number Two it's not so simple. On Skylab and the Shuttle there is a commode seat and the user's bottom must be held onto the seat or you'll float off. On Skylab we had a seat belt to hold us down and on the Shuttle, two L-shaped levers pull ... you down on the potty seat. Both systems work well and, in both cases, airflow is directed in just the right way to cause the solid waste to settle toward the ...

... solid material within Saturn it is buried deep at the very center of the planet. ---- Answer provided by Carolyn Porco, Ph. ...

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