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media type="file" key="pd4grp1.wmv"1. Describe the Progress spacecraft. How does it work? What is its purpose? Where does it launch from? http://ewilkening99.googlepages.com/progress.pdf **Video #1** **The progress spacecraft is a spacecraft used for bringing supplies/cargo to the** **ISS. it is also used to bring waste and trash back down to earth. It can be flown remotely by crewmembers aboard the ISS, or it can be automatically flown.**

2.Des cribe the Soyuz spacecraft. What is its purpose? How many people can it hold? Where does it launch and land? What is the numbering system for the missions? http://ewilkening99.googlepages.com/soyuz.pdf **Video #1**
 * The Soyuz spacecraft is an automatic docking system and it may be piloted automaticly or by a crewmember. The purpose is a test run and we want to be able to make it into space but not really go into space. Then he/she jumps out of the rocket and pachutes safely down. The rocket can hold one person and it is a test run. It launches and lands at the Bakonur Cosmodrome in Khazastan. The numbering system for the Soyuz spacecraft is TM-xx and TMA-xx.**

3.  Describe the Space Shuttle Orbiter. What is its purpose? How many people can it hold? Where does it launch and land? What is the numbering system for the missions? What are the names of the orbiters? http://ewilkening99.googlepages.com/space_shuttle.pdf **Video #1** **The US space shuttle provides Earth-to-orbit return capabilities. The main purpose is to be complete the assambly of the ISS. Seven people can fit in the spacecraft. It launches at teh ISS multi-purpose Center and it lands at the U.S Lab. When the shuttle is complete it can move its self out of Earths orbit when it has been test launched and sent out of Earth's orbit.****The names of the space shuttles are the Orbiter/Discovery,**** Endeavour, and Atlantis.The numbering system is STS-xxx **