The Space Shuttle

A space shuttle only carries astronauts into space.

• True

• False

Booster rockets help space shuttles get off the ground and overcome Earth's gravity to get into space.

• True

• False

The last space shuttle mission took place in July, 2013

• True

• False

What does unmanned mean?

• not carrying people

• very much

• a manned space craft used for exploration

• to go back and forth from one place to another

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Once the space shuttle was up into space, it dropped the booster rockets because it no longer needed them.

• True

• False

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With the end of space shuttle missions NASA plans to use all the following except ________

• Launching unmanned probes

• Launching unmanned satellites

• Launching kids into space

Was the Space Shuttle reusable?

• Yes

• No