BTN International Space Station

Which two superpowers worked together to launch the International Space Station?

• Iceland and Estonia

• United States of America and the Soviet Union

• Australia and New Zealand

• England and Germany

In 1971, what did the USSR do?

• Launched the first space station

• Sent an astronaut to the moon

• Created NASA

• Invented the satelite

The international space station is..

• The biggest object humans have ever put into space

• A place that people can go on holidays

• The smallest object humans have even put into space

• Only used by astronauts from China and Canada

True or False.

If you look at the night sky at the right time, you can see the International Space Station without a telescope.

• True

• False

What were the three things that were mentioned in the BTN report that the International Space Station helps humans understand?

• Weather

• Climate Change

• Volcanic Activity

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The International Space Staion is described as..

• A floating science laboratory

• A hotel

• A big camera

• A flying artwork

Why is NASA planning to retire the ISS?

• It is getting old and costs to much to maintain

• It is too dangerous for scientists to use

• The wifi on it stopped working

• It is not big enough, so they want to build a bigger one

How does NASA plan to retire the ISS?

• Crash it into the Ocean on Earth

• Blow it up into tiny pieces

• Sell raffle tickets and give it to the winner

• Send it further into space so it goes into Neptune's orbit

If we left the ISS in space it would become..

• Space junk

• Rusty

• Bigger

• Better

According to the report, which of these countries also has a station in space?

• China

• Japan

• Egypt

• Italy