Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Columbia Disaster
Colonel Michael P. Anderson, the mission's Payload Commander and the first African-American in space, said he had wanted to travel in space ever since he first watched Star Trek and Lost in Space. Do you think television programs influence your thinking? Why or why not?
Word List
Astronaut
Atmosphere
Crew
Disaster
Disintegrated
Experiments
Global
Insulation
Investigation
Liftoff
Mission
Orbit
Recovery
Satellite
Shuttle
Space craft
Telescope
Thermal tiles