Hello Kids!, Reggie Roo here. You are in for
a treat today. Have you ever seen a space
shuttle?
There is the shuttle on the launch pad. It's
about to Launch! Everyone at the mission control
is ready.
And.... Lift Off! Wow!
Fire blasts out of the engine, and the smoke
billows out. As the shuttle powers into the
sky! The Shuttle is made up of a large orange
fuel tank. Two thin white Rocket Boosters.
And... the part that looks like a plane is
called an Orbiter.
Soon after, the two white boosters drop off
and fall into the ocean.
A special boat picks them up. As the shuttle
continues into space!
 
 
The shuttle is used to carry Astronauts and
equipment to the International Space Station.
Inside the space station the Astronauts conduct
experiments as they float around.
Later they use the orbiter to get back down
to earth, It glides back like a plane.
Touch down. The parachute at the back helps the
orbiter slow down. Isn't that exciting.
Would you like to be an astronaut and go into
space? Yes I would too. 
