Description:

3D simulation showing the Shuttle docking with the International Space Station.

Objective(s):

Knowledge:
  - Crew and payload transfer back and forth the ISS
  - Shuttle launcher
Understanding:
  - Docking phases
Skills:
  - 3D observation

References:

ISS:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html
Shuttle:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle
Related exercises:
Building the ISS
Comparison of the launchers
 

Description:

Virtual reality representation of the interior of Node 1. You can navigate inside the interior using mouse and/or screen arrows. Every time the mouse cursor becomes a question mark a pop-up explanation can be opened.

Objective(s):

Knowledge:
  - Structure of the ISS connecting node
Understanding:
  - Solutions for ISS function and assembly
Skills:
  - Observation and 3D visualisation

References:

ISS:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html
Node1:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/elements/node1/
Other Nodes:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAWEL0VMOC_iss_0.html
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAFQL0VMOC_iss_0.html
Related exercises:
Building the ISS
 

Description:

Virtual reality representation of the interior of the Russian Zvezda module. You can choose between four different viewpoints and navigate inside the interior using the mouse and/or screen arrows. Every time the mouse cursor becomes a question mark a pop-up explanation can be open.

Objective(s):

Knowledge:
  - Structure of the Zvezda module
  - Life facilities for astronauts on board ISS
Understanding:
  - Solutions for ISS function and assembly
Skills:
  - Observation and 3D visualisation

References:

ISS:
http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html
Zvezda:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/elements/sm/index.html
Related exercises:
Russian Zvezda module
Building the ISS
On board the ISS: lunch
 

Description:

An electric heater can be placed above or below a container filled with an initially cold fluid. The fluid’s heating is simulated in both cases, with convection set up in addition to conduction when the heater is placed above. The same experiment can be done in weightlessness, in order to show that convection cannot start in weightlessness.

Objective(s):

Knowledge:
  - Heat conduction
  - Heat convection
  - Convection’s dependence on gravity
Understanding:
  - Heat conduction
  - Heat convection
  - Convection’s dependence on gravity
Skills:
  - Deduction from observation