1. Bellwork 12/12
If you could go to space to study something, what might you want to study? Explain your answer.
Given the opportunity…would you travel to space?

2. Article Discussion
Find a small group of no more than 4 people, grab a large whiteboard & marker. Take your article with you!
Discuss all of the questions with your group
Outline your responses to #1, #4, & #6 on your whiteboards
Please, be prepared to share out your discussion points 

3. Space Environment Almost a perfect vacuum Extremely thin gas clouds
1 atom/cm3
Immense temperature range
Facing the sun: 120⁰C
Shaded from the sun: lower than -100⁰C

4. Matter in Space Because there is so little matter in space… No sound
Heat cannot be transferred via conduction or convection
Pressure is nearly 0kpa
What kind of effects would this pressure change have on the human body?

5. Human Body in Space Would you freeze immediately?
Probably not…heat transfer is tough in space!

6. Human body in space: Suffocation…but not like we think of it on Earth
Oxygen would “reverse-dissolve” & would rush out of your lungs
Hypoxia
Why?

7. Human Body in Space Dissolved gases in bodily fluids would expand
Ebullism
Your body would swell as the liquids turned to vapor
Why?

8. Human Body in Space Sunlight UV radiation Damage/destroy your retinas
Absolutely no protection from UV rays
Massive sunburn (short term)
DNA & cellular mutations (long term)

9. How long could you actually survive in space?

12. Bellwork 12/14
What do you know about the International Space Station? If you could ask someone living on the International Space Station some questions, what would you ask?

13. So…how can we protect astronauts in space??
Space Suits!
More than just “astronaut clothes”
Fully equipped, one-person space craft
Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)
Different types
Inside or outside of the vehicle?
Type of Atmosphere (Moon, Space Station, ect)

14. So, what would it be like to actually live in space…?
Let’s find out!

15. What is a Space Station?
a large artificial satellite used as a long-term base for manned operations in space

16. Space Stations: First space station: Salyut 1 (1971)—Russian
U.S. launches Skylab in 1973
Several other Salyut & Skylab missions were launched after that
Mir space station launched in 1986

17. International Space Station (ISS)
First piece of the ISS launched in 1998
First crew arrived in 2000
Finished in 2011

18. Components of the ISS Over 70 major components
Canadian Robotic arm (Canadarm)
Space walks, repairs, experiment monitoring
6 laboratories
2 U.S (NASA)
1 European Space Agency
1 Japanese
2 Russian

19. How does the ISS work? Pressurized modules Solar panels
Heat produced from electronics
Oxygen:
Created from water through electrolysis
Deliveries from Earth
Carbon Dioxide:
Removed by scrubbers

20. Water & Food Supply Water is delivered from Earth Recycle water from:
Breath
Fuel processing
Urine/Waste
Food is dehydrated and delivered via spacecraft

21. Importance of the ISS:
Humans have been perpetually living in space since 2000
Allows for long-term space experimentation
First step toward testing habitability further into space
“Spinoff” technologies that benefit Earth

22. What is the ISS working on right now?
Some of the experiments being done…
Space medicine
3-D printing in space
“Veggie” plant program
Created by ORBITEC (in Madison, WI )

23. Spot The Space Station!
Follow the ISS on Twitter!

24. What is it like to live on the ISS?
Suni Williams
American Astronaut & US Navy Officer
Record for longest space flight & most space walks by a woman

25. Worktime:
You will now have time to conduct some independent research to start piecing together some mission project ideas.
There are two documents in the Google Classroom…
Space Suit Design (Choose one research option)
Space Settlement Research (Just the “Orbital Colony” section)

26. Exit Slip: Take out a sheet of paper:
What did you find surprising or confusing about the ISS?
How would life on the ISS be different from life on a permanent habitat?
What kinds of ideas can you take away from this video to consider/incorporate into your project?