International Space Station

The ISS travels at....

• 759 mph

• 17,150 mph

• 44.566 mph

How many sunrises and sunsets do the astronauts on the ISS see every day?

• 16

• 4

• 75

Why are the astronauts aboard the ISS required to exercise 2 hours per day?

• To avoid losing too much muscle and bone

• To keep them from going stir crazy

• To meet Department of Health regulations

In paragraph 2, it states that the purpose of the ISS is to...

• Unite various countries together

• Learn about living and working in space

• Study the Earth

According to paragraph 3, how long did it take for the ISS to be COMPLETELY finished?

• 2 years

• 24 years

• 13 years

In paragraph 4, the author compares the ISS to the size of a....

• Football field

• Basketball court

• Small town

What are the parts that make up the ISS called? (paragraph 5)

• Rocket panels

• Modules

• Complicated

How do the astronauts exit the ISS to go on spacewalks? (paragraph 7)

• They go through doors called airlocks

• They get ejected through a bay window

• They go through a crawlspace into a small spacecraft

What is used to allow other spacecraft to visit the ISS? (paragraph 8)

• Airlocks

• Modules

• Docking ports

According to paragraphs 9-11, what are 3 things that NASA is learning from the ISS? CHECK the 3 CORRECT ANSWERS.

• What happens to people when they live in space

• How Earth formed

• How to keep spacecraft operating for a long time

• How to plan to send humans deeper into space