Go For Assembly: Building the International Space Station Transcript

This video was created before the actual construction of the International Space Station. View this video to see how engineers plan to use engineering to build a huge lab in space.

1. What types of temperatures would astronauts have to contend with while building the space station? How were spacesuits designed to deal with temperature variations?

2. How big would the space station be? How would the astronauts move across the space station?

3. How do they account for astronaut safety while they are working on the space shuttle?

4. How did the astronauts test their suits and equipment in zero-gravity conditions?

5. What types of tasks will they use robots for on the space station?

6. What will the space station be used for?

Sunita Williams of NASA Provides a Tour of the ISS Orbital Laboratory

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Now, in 2013, Commander Sunita Williams takes viewers on a tour of the space station. She talks about how they sleep, how they exercise, and even how they go to the bathroom!

1. How do astronauts sleep in zero gravity? Where are the sleep stations located?

2. How have the spacesuits changed since first designed in 1997?

3. What continent was the space station viewing? How did Sunny know this?

4. How do spacecraft attach to the space station?

5. Do you think Sunny should have put her hair in a ponytail? Why or why not?