WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE?
THE SPACE SHUTTLE CAN FLY IN THE
AIR LIKE AN AIRCRAFT. ZOOOOOM!
AND ALSO IN SPACE LIKE A ROCKET.
SOMETIMES IT BRINGS
BROKEN SATELLITES BACK
TO EARTH FOR REPAIR. IT
MAY ALSO HAVE A
SPACELAB.
WOW!
ITS MAIN PART IS A
SPACECRAFT WITH
WINGS CALLED THE
ORBITER. IT IS CARRIED
INTO SPACE BY THREE
LARGE ROCKET ENGINES
AND TWO BOOSTER
ROCKETS.
A
SPACELAB?
I NEVER THOUGHT
OF A LABORATORY
IN SPACE.
IT’S A LABORATORY IN
WHICH SCIENTISTS PERFORM
EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE.
THE SPACE SHUTTLE
SOARS INTO THE SKY
FROM ITS LAUNCH PAD.
AND DO THE BOOSTER
ROCKETS AND THE EXTERNAL FUEL
TANK FALL AWAY WHEN THEY HAVE
USED UP ALL THEIR FUEL?
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May 2018