| Show The Herald JoumalCache Sunday January 5 LAUNCH 1986—11 SHUTTLE FLIGHT PLANS SYSTEM 1 Launch of shuttle or 4 3 orbiter 4L 2 Booster rockets separate 3 External tank separates 4 Shuttle goes into orbit upside down 5 Shuttle turns right side up m Cargo doors must open Radiators on opened cargo bay door keep shuttle from getting too hot 6 Cargo doors close for entry Shuttle turns tail end first 7 Shuttle slows for entry 8 Shuttle lands like glider at about 200 miles per hour A Orbiter or shuttle carrying Booster rockets parachute into ocean for reuse The external fuel tank bums up in the atmosphere during re-ent- crew and payload B Two solid rocket boosters that fall off 2 The shuttle can carry a crew of seven The working and living space is in the front of a three-dec- k cabin The upper deck is the is the flight deck The mid-de- Rudder speed minutes after takeoff ry break C External fuel ck tank carrying fuel for shuttle Main engines These fall off about 8 Nose landing gear engines Main landing gear minutes after living space The bottom deck holds the machines that control the environment in the cabin takeoff Fueled for launch Through the years how long has it taken to travel from coast to coast? the orbiter rockets and tank weigh over 4 million pounds 1849 166 days by covered wagon Ask The Mini Page SP®(£$ Q: How do kittens purr? NC) for sure how kittens pfirr Some experts think when a cat is happy the major blood vessels in the chest become more active This causes a vibration thus causes the purr A: No one knows T R O N A U T W i? K f N G E I N E M T FUELDUTF R T-sh- irt l LAUNCH L Send your questions to: Ask The Mini Page Box 24110 Washington DC 20024 If we select your letter you will receive a free Mini Page 'yr-'v- FIND Words about the space shuttle: ASTRONAUT TRAVEL WEIGHTLESS EXPERIMENT LAUNCH FLIGHT CREW PAYLOAD ENGINE ORBIT ROCKET BOOSTER FUEL POWER THRUST NASA MISSION FLY SPACE SHUTTLE (Jenny McGuire Pilot Mountain wv TRY ’N V- - ' t H R U S T O R S S I O N R A E T H O B V G L E S S 1 E H V W Z B T L T E W Y P O W E RAC ' I EES I f 1 i i i i i i m iiaarrani" |
