International Space Station Activity Sheets Page 12
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42How Many Words Were You Able to Find?
Check your solution against the answer key, then read about what they mean
in the special language of life on the Station!
AIRLOCK - The special module that astronauts use to enter and leave the Space Station
for spacewalks
ASTRONAUT - The American word for space traveler
CANADA ARM - Canada’s giant robotic arm, called ‘Canadarm2’ for short (the first Canadarm
flew on the Shuttle)
COLUMBUS - Name given to Europe’s laboratory module, in honor of Christopher Columbus
CYGNUS - An American spaceship designed to bring supplies to the Space Station
COSMONAUT - The Russian word for space traveler
DESTINY - Name given to America’s laboratory module, which also controls most
of Station’s functions
DRAGON - The first American spaceship to visit Station since the Space Shuttle was retired;
designed to bring people and supplies
KIBO - Name given to Japan’s laboratory module, it means ‘hope’ in Japanese
MODULE - Any of several special ‘rooms’ on Station where people can live and work without
having to wear a space suit
NASA - The short form of ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration’ (America’s
space agency)
PROGRESS - Name given to the Russian spaceship that brings supplies and fuel
to the Space Station
RADIATOR - Special parts designed to unfold and release heat into the coldness of space
so Station doesn’t overheat
RESEARCH - Collecting data and figuring out what it means, as a way of trying to understand
better how things work
SCIENCE - Observing, studying, and experimenting to learn about how the universe and
everything in it works
SOLAR ARRAY - Special parts that unfold and are designed to use the sun’s energy
to make electricity to power Station
SOYUZ - Russian for ‘union’; it is the name of Russia’s spaceship that carries people
to the Station and back again
SPACE SHUTTLE - American spaceship, now retired, used to launch most of the Station’s
pieces, plus people and supplies
TRUSS - The giant beam which connects the solar arrays and radiators to the rest
of the Space Station
ZVEZDA - Russian for ‘star’; name given to the module that controls the Russian part
of the Space Station
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