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It is black in space On Earth, the sky appears blue because the blue portion of the Sun's light scatters the most as it enters our atmosphere. Scattering is very dependent on the wavelength of the light— thus, a shorter wavelength like blue ... for the blue component of sunlight to scatter and give us the deep blue skies we are all familiar with. Remember that scattering just means that the light goes off in many random directions. And, since space is a ...
... is very little chance of getting lost in space. There are numerous satellites, telescopes, and other instruments to monitor and track where vehicles are.
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... in 1962. This was quite unexpected until NASA scientists realized that these were frozen fluid particles being jettisoned from the Mercury capsule as it orbited the Earth. And viewing the stars and planets from space is always spectacular
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... . In space there is no air so heat transports by radiation—for example, you feel warmth when you hold your hand near a red-hot stove. The Sun is the major source of heat in space. The Earth is also a major source of heat in space, since it reflects sunlight.
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... the Moon is weird, because even in daylight, the sky is black like our night sky here on Earth, yet at the same time, the land is brilliantly lit. If you are in a spaceship between planets, the sky is always black ...
We have an International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit right now. Sometimes you can see it at night crossing the sky. We need to do all the planning and design before we can build ships and places off the Earth.
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Answer provided by John Spencer
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... 90 minutes in space. Fabrics, inks, certain foods, plastics and clothing can give off odors that can become very offensive within confined air spaces. All items leaving for use on board the Shuttle or ISS ... to the quick moving air on the ISS, even the slight odor that food offers tends to go away very quickly once the meal packages are opened. This is why crews look forward to the arrival ...
... need to take different vitamins or supplements. If the use of these on Earth is for the purpose of keeping you healthy, naturally you would want to do the same thing in space.
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... like to view the Earth through the optical quality window port in the ISS or Space Shuttle and take pictures of recognizable landmarks on the Earth as it rotates below them. Astronauts have enjoyed the freedom and exhilarating ... extra vehicular activities (EVA) working outside the Space Shuttle or the ISS.
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Yes. In fact, all of the water we see here on Earth originally came from space. Water is created by combining two basic elements found almost anywhere we look, Hydrogen (H), and Oxygen (O). Hydrogen, Helium, and Oxygen are the most plentiful elements that we know of in our Universe, and can be found thinly spread throughout space or concentrated in and on many objects and planetary bodies ...
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