STS-117 Memory Game


Use the words below to fill the blank in each sentence.

commander	space suit	mission specialists	mission patch	pool
virtual reality lab	tools	Johnson Space Center	photographing	pilot

1. Rick Sturckow is the _____________________ of STS-117.
    
2. The STS-117 _______________ has crewmembers' names above and below the International Space Station.
    
3. Jim Reilly, Steven Swanson, Patrick Forrester and John "Danny" Olivas are ______________________.
    
4. Before they go into space, astronauts practice working with the ___________ they will use during their mission.
    
5. Astronauts train in a deep _____________________ called the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, or NBL.
    
6. Astronaut Jim Reilly practiced ________________________ the underside of Atlantis with a camera he will use on the mission.
    
7. An astronaut must wear a bulky white ______________ during a spacewalk.
    
8. Lee Archambault is the ______________ of the STS-117 space shuttle mission.
    
9. The Neutral Buoyancy Lab, or NBL, is near _________________________________.
    
10. The ____________________________ helps train astronauts for the jobs they will do while on the shuttle and station.

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1. commander
2. mission patch
3. mission specialists
4. tools
5. pool
6. photographing
7. space suit
8. pilot
9. Johnson Space Center
10. virtual reality lab

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