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... is fairly easy. Because there is no aerodynamic or frictional resistance to motion, the astronaut must anticipate stopping distances and command braking thrusters in plenty of time. Landing the orbiter is the hardest maneuver. Overall, the secret to controlling the orbiter is practice, practice, practice—mainly with simulators.
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... activities would be much harder to do, like eating a bowl of soup. At the same time, it would be much easier to move heavy objects. So we would have to learn a different system ... S. Klein & D. Brooke Owens
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... the solar system is actually hard to define. The solar wind extends outward about three times the orbit of Pluto. At this point the solar wind from our Sun mixes with the solar wind of the interstellar medium. This is called the ...
The nearest galaxy outside of ours is called the Magellanic Cloud and is 160,000 light years away. The beautiful swirling Andromeda Galaxy is 2,000,000 light years away.
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... , the Space Shuttle is also floating. We use small rockets to steer the vehicle, not wind or rudders.
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... times the diameter of the Earth. Galileo launched a probe that recorded winds of up to 400 miles per hour within the swirling storm. Currently, the Great Red Spot is only about half as large as it was 100 years ago. Scientists do not know how long the storm causing the Great ...
... on the floor because you could simply float to whatever you need. Each person's body is a little different in terms of the time it takes to adjust to weightlessness. I would imagine that sometimes the astronauts feel annoyed that they have to be strapped in to go to sleep or by the fact ...
... the energy transmitted through the ground through your boots. It's harder to judge distance. The Moon is a much smaller sphere than the Earth, and the horizon is much closer. This makes it harder to grasp how far away something really is. With no atmosphere to diffuse any light, everything is ...
This distance is 93 million miles. It is so far that even light takes eight minutes to cover the distance. In fact, when we see the Sun, we are seeing it eight minutes ago. Imagine It may not even be there now.
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At its closest approach, Mercury is about one-third of the distance that Earth is away from the Sun. At its furthest point away from the Sun, Mercury is almost halfway between the Earth and the Sun.
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