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Spacecraft operate something like submarines. They have a crew (astronauts), a captain (commander), an executive officer (pilot), ... they operate in a hostile environment not at all friendly to humans. Depending on the mission, they sometimes must be carefully docked, like submarines, to supply ports and even to other spacecraft ...

... to determine the optimum combination of mission phases, including launch, Earth orbit operations, trans-space course, destination orbit operations, destination landing, return to Earth, and Earth landing, as well ... be enough money. Finally, a commitment is made to build, test, and fly the spacecraft. ---- Answer provided by Jon H. Brown Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer ...

... if a replacement part or repair kit is available. Astronauts are resourceful and innovative, and operations support personnel on the ground during missions continually study possible failures and possible corrective actions ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - SPACECRAFT

Satellites operate outside most of the atmosphere, so there is very little resistance to their motion. They ... speed off in a straight line, and Earth's attraction, which results in pulling the spacecraft back into a circuit of the Earth. At the lowest orbital altitudes, there are some ...

... EVA suits are designed for eight hours duration and astronauts normally do not spend more than about six hours outside doing an EVA. Also, there is emergency O2 available for a possible ...

... can hit any and every surface, if you are not careful. The best thing to do is to move slowly and make sure that you can grab onto some part of ... had some control panels upside down, as they were near the floor, and we would operate them with our heads toward the floor. ---- Answer provided by Byron Lichtenberg, Ph.D. Image ...

Simply put, a spacecraft moving along in space will continue as long as all external forces are balanced. Try ... around the orbit, but it will continue along the orbital path indefinitely. Now if the spacecraft is flying out into the solar system, the path and speed will be influenced by ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - SPACECRAFT

... . As the designs mature, the analyses usually become more detailed and have higher fidelity. Most spacecraft nowadays are controlled using flight computers and associated programs (flight software). As the flight hardware ... , tests are conducted with actual flight hardware and software using ground computers to simulate the spacecraft and its flight environment. When the first flight finally occurs, these specialists have been known ...

... are recruited to the astronaut corps. Then they learn to fly spacecraft using computerized training simulators. Rotational control of the spacecraft is usually done with the right hand, as in fighter aircraft ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - SPACECRAFT

... . The hotel will have instruments on board that can answer three questions: Where am I? How am I oriented? Where is everything else? These data will be transmitted to ground control ... own readings from the ground, and use it to plot our course so we know how and when to reach the hotel in space. ---- Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow Image ...

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