Barbara Radding Morgan - Teacher in Space
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior - College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Aerospace Engineering All Science and Engineering Life Sciences |
| Learning Resource Type: | Reference - Article/Document |
| Media Type: | WWW |
| Author(s): | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Description: | First successful teacher in space. "SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-118 (August 8-21, 2007) was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, and the 20th flight for Endeavour. During the mission Endeavour's crew successfully added another truss segment, a new gyroscope and external spare parts platform to the International Space Station. A new system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to extend visits to the outpost was activated successfully. A total of four spacewalks (EVAs) were performed by three crew members. Endeavour carried some 5,000 pounds of equipment and supplies to the station and returned to Earth with some 4,000 pounds of hardware and no longer needed equipment. Traveling 5.3 million miles in space, the STS-118 mission was completed in 12 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes and 34 seconds." |
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| Keywords: | Space Shuttle, Teacher in Space, Barbara Morgan |
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| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Platform/Format: | WWW |
| Cost: | Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/morgan.html |
| Metadata: | IEEE LOM Record |
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