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Solar Energy

Day 1 - November 30

• Questions :
• • How much solar energy does Earth get every 15 minutes?
    
    
  • What kind of energy does a car use?
    
    
  • How long does it take a space shuttle to reach orbit?
    
    
  • True of false: In order to reach the ISS the shuttle must travel for two days?
    
    
  • The Sun, what it is made of?
    
    
• Way Cool!
• • Way Cool! Today's activities: Space Travel & Time Capsule
    
    
• Mission: Sun Contest
• • Mission: Sun Contest, Looking for the answer to question 7?
    
    

At 10:06 EST tonight, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Marc Garneau takes off on a remarkable 12-day mission to the International Space Station. On this flight Marc Garneau is flight engineer, therefore he will need to be on his guard during take-off. “It’s as though I were an engineer aboard a large passenger plane. This means that I have to know every system on the Shuttle, maybe solve some problems and help the crew keep on schedule.” At 40 000 km/h if there is going to be a problem you have to think fast!

The purpose of the mission is to install the first set of solar arrays, which will provide energy to the International Space Station.