Recruit: _________________________     Date: ____________________

1. What are the five components of the Columbia space shuttle?

2. What do you think the Processing Bay is used for?

3. Is the Processing Bay a part of the shuttle? Why do you think this?

4. What is another name for the Flight Deck?

5. While on orbit, the Flight Deck serves as the ____________________ for the spacecraft.

6. Name three hotspots in the Flight Deck.

7. The Mid-deck is part of the orbiters’ ____________________.

8. The Mid-deck contains various items, including ______________________, ___________________, ______________________, and _____________________.

9. Name three hotspots in the Mid-deck.

10. The primary purpose for the Airlock is ___________________________________.

11. What are three other purposes for the Airlock? _____________________, ______________, and ________________.

12. Name two hotspots in the Airlock.

13. The Space Tunnel connects the __________________ to the ______________________.

14. The Space Tunnel was designed to be _____________________ during missions.

15. All personnel who work in or around flight hardware must wear clean room garments called _________________________.

16. Why is cleanliness in NASA spacecrafts of utmost importance?

17. The name Spacelab is short for ____________________________.

18. This is where astronauts perform ____________________ on the space shuttle.

19. Name three hotspots in the Spacelab.

20. What did you find most interesting during your interactive exploration of the space shuttle Columbia?