Mary from White Plains
How difficult will this mission be compared to the others? |
Yinglong from Kansas City
How does the gravity feel when the shuttle is ascending or reentry through the boundary of space and the earth's atmosphere? |
Erin from Pocahontas
What does it feel like during launch? Also what does it feel like when you hit zero gravity?? |
Jennifer from Canada
It says the mission may be extended while you are in space (not due to landing conditions). Why would they need to extend the mission? |
Nhat Lam. from Vietnam.
What will this mission mean to the teachers' work like Barbara Morgan's? |
katie from DelCity, OK
Hello Ms. Higginbotham,
I'm seven and like space stuff. How did you know you wanted to be an astronaut? |
Simon from Northampton UK
Why does the shuttle 'roll' just after lift-off, would it not be easier to re-align the launchpad, to make the shuttle face the correct way initially ? |
jerry from portsmouth UK
do astronauts find it disorienting at certain times of the flight, such as approaching and departing from ISS and in the initial part of the descent home when they are at high angles of attack |
Graham from Harrow, UK
How easy (or difficult) is it to sleep in space as I imagine there must be background noise in both the Shuttle and ISS? |
Arilyn from Buffalo
When you train, do you use texbooks? What do you train out of? Is there anything an aspiring astronaut can study that is specifically about being an astronaut? |
Richard from Enfield
With all the training and preperation, what is it like the last 24-48 hours being so close to launch, what do you go through? |
David from Phoenix
Has any astronaut ever brought a model of the starship Enterprise into orbit? |
Corey from Canada
What is the white smoke from underneath the orbiter's three main engines prior to launch? |
Isa from Fresno
What do you suggest that students (in high school) do educationally to prepare to become astronauts? What are some educational resources that they can use to help them aquire their dream? |
Matt from Topeka
The orbiter's crew cabin space looks pretty cramped - kinda like going to space in an SUV. What are the biggest challenges for seven people in living and working in such a small space for several days? |
Kamryn from Saratoga
I'm five years old and am going to Kindergarten this fall. I love space and want to know if you can take a pet up to space with you. Would he need his own space suit? |
Fry from Athens,TX
Hey, I wanted to know how the main engines of the orbiter start,and how the boosters ignite? Oh one more thing do your ears pop while you are in orbit? I wish you good luck on any future missions! |
Kim from Castaic, CA
Do the astronauts learn hand signals to communicate when they wear their space suits as a backup in case of communications failure? |
Kim from Castaic
What do astronauts do in case of solar flares during the mission? |
Nhat Lam from Vietnam
What is the difference between "Educator astronaut" and the "Teacher in Space"? |
Matt from Littlefork, MN
Have any of the astronauts ever built and launched model rockets? What did you learn from model rockets that is still useful information today as an astronaut? |
Carlyle from Falls Church
Pictures of the ISS from the STS-117 fly-around show the arrays pointed in different directions and the alpa joints rotated 180 degrees from one another. Why was it in this configuration? |
Carlyle from Falls Church
Why is a space shuttle crew scheduled to move the P6 array instead of allowing the ISS crew to do it between shuttle launches? |
Jeff from Burlington
Our son is 9 months old and I am very interested as he develops in getting him interested in NASA. Do you suggest any websites or any other source of information? Do you suggest any educational toys or games during his development?
Thank you. |
Michael from Grand Rapids
During launch or rentry, how much human interaction happens on the flight controls or is it mainly computerized launch and landing? |
Peter from GT.Yarmouth.uk
Why is the launch window so small? Why is everything done to the split second? |
Gary from London
I will be on holiday in Disney World during the take off and landing. Will I see the shuttle over head as it takes off and comes into land |
Cheryl from Kissimmee
I was wondering how it felt coming back to Earth, back into Earth's gravity, and what are long term effects on a human without gravity? |
jerry from portsmouth UK
Do astronauts have trouble going to sleep at the allocated times during the mission, if so can they be given something to make them sleep? |
