Curious Questions and Answers About... Space Machines
Would you prefer to walk or drive a buggy on the moon CURIOUS Questions and answers about Space Machines What experiments Would you like to do in space Who would you take with you on a trip to the International Space Station Would you rather orbit the moon or Mars Words by Anne Rooney jllustrations by Lucy Semple
What are space machines Any machines that are sent into space They include rockets shuttles satellites and probes 1 XXXT I travel around orbit Earth and keep track of the weather Telescope Hubble Space 9 rocket Falcon i look far into space and take photos
i blast spacecraft from Earth into space Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Do space machines come back to Earth A few come back to Earth after their missions while others carry on working in space Some are deliberately crashed into a moon or planet or left behind there The rest end up as space junk I'm in orbit around the moon right now international Space Station I'm a large base in space where astronauts live and work Which was the first space machine The Russian satellite Sputnik was launched in 1957 and was the first satellite to orbit Earth Sputnik started a space race between Soviet Russia and the U.S. The two countries competed to see who could achieve the most in space i was the size of a beach ball 5
