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35.   What preparations are necessary before an astronaut ventures out into space? How long does it take them to prepare? **Video #9** http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp6/spacechronicles14.html

The preparations that are necessary is first you have to do some house cleaning, you have to clean the airlock because it is the storage place. You must assemble your space suit, which it has a big suitcase full of parts, you need to check your batteries for your suit because you do not want your suit to die in space because then it would stop the oxygen flow, you have to seal your suit it will take a bit of time but you have to put your suit together. It is important to regenerate te carbon dioxide scrubbers. you need to check the cooling system. You have to check your tools for space.you have to fill water tanks for yourself. you will also need to use a thin layer of anti-fog. you need to wear a pair of glove when your in space. when you go into space it is like a play you must practice what u are going to do.

How Long: It takes several days over about a week to prepare for a space walk, so it will take aa little over a week

36   Give details about the current (most recent) space shuttle mission. What is the mission number, orbiter name, crew names and dates? **Video #9** http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts126/index.html

Mission #: STS-126 Orbiter Name: Endeavour Dates: __Launch-__ November 14, 2008 __Landing-__ November 30, 2008 Crew Names: Commander Chris J. Ferguson, Pilot Eric A. Boe, Stephen G. Bowen, Robert S. Kimbrough, Heide M. Stefanyshyn, Donald R. Petiff, Sandra Magnus, Gregory Chamitoff.

They have arrived back!