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    The document provides assembly instructions for a scale model Space Shuttle glider educational toy. It includes: 1) Instructions to cut out parts from the template, fold tabs, and glue nose weights and other components together to form the fuselage, wings, vertical stabilizer, and joining them. 2) Pre-flight instructions to gently toss the glider for best results, bending the body flap for more lift. 3) Challenges for students such as determining the glider's scale compared to the real Space Shuttle, measuring its glide ratio, and adding a fishing line guidance system to guide the glider's landing.

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    The document provides assembly instructions for a scale model Space Shuttle glider educational toy. It includes: 1) Instructions to cut out parts from the template, fold tabs, and glue nose weights and other components together to form the fuselage, wings, vertical stabilizer, and joining them. 2) Pre-flight instructions to gently toss the glider for best results, bending the body flap for more lift. 3) Challenges for students such as determining the glider's scale compared to the real Space Shuttle, measuring its glide ratio, and adding a fishing line guidance system to guide the glider's landing.

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    The document provides assembly instructions for a scale model Space Shuttle glider educational toy. It includes: 1) Instructions to cut out parts from the template, fold tabs, and glue nose weights and other components together to form the fuselage, wings, vertical stabilizer, and joining them. 2) Pre-flight instructions to gently toss the glider for best results, bending the body flap for more lift. 3) Challenges for students such as determining the glider's scale compared to the real Space Shuttle, measuring its glide ratio, and adding a fishing line guidance system to guide the glider's landing.

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    The document provides assembly instructions for a scale model Space Shuttle glider educational toy. It includes: 1) Instructions to cut out parts from the template, fold tabs, and glue nose weights and other components together to form the fuselage, wings, vertical stabilizer, and joining them. 2) Pre-flight instructions to gently toss the glider for best results, bending the body flap for more lift. 3) Challenges for students such as determining the glider's scale compared to the real Space Shuttle, measuring its glide ratio, and adding a fishing line guidance system to guide the glider's landing.

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    Educational Product

    National Aeronautics and


    Space Administration

    Educators
    & Students

    Grades
    5-12

    EB-2000-08-130-HQ

    Educational Brief
    Space Shuttle Glider

    Your Space Shuttle Glider is a scale model of the U.S. Space


    Shuttle orbiter. The airplane-like orbiter usually remains in Earth
    orbit for up to two weeks at a time. It normally carries a six- to
    seven-person crew, which includes the mission commander, pilot,
    and several mission and/or payload specialists who have specialized training associated with the payloads and experiments being
    flown on that mission.
    The Space Shuttle system can perform many types of missions.
    Some missions may involve deployment, servicing, or retrieval of
    payloads such as communication satellites or orbiting observatories. Other missions may carry the pressurized spacelab module
    and scientific instruments capable of making astronomical observations or studying Earths changing environment. The Space
    Shuttle also transports International Space Station components for
    assembly on orbit. At the end of a Shuttle mission, the orbiter is

    piloted back to Earth and lands on an airstrip like an airplane. It is


    then refurbished so that it can fly another mission.
    The orbiter and its engines are just part of the Space Shuttle system. The other parts (not modeled here) are the solid rocket
    boosters (SRBs) used for launch and the external tank that contains approximately two million items liquid propellant for the three
    main Shuttle engines. Almost all of the parts are reusable with the
    exception of the external tank that is jettisoned just before the
    Shuttle achieves Earth orbit. The ability to reuse equipment substantially decreases the cost of space operations. During our
    Earthbound years we relied on vehicles such as trucks, trains,
    boats, and airplanes to provide for all of our transportation needs.
    Now that we have expanded our destinations to include Earth
    orbit, we can add the Space Shuttle to that list.

    EXTERNAL TANK
    SEPARATION AND
    ORBIT INSERTION
    LAUNCH

    ON-ORBIT
    OPERATIONS

    BOOSTER SEPARATION

    Space Shuttle
    Glider
    Assembly
    Instructions

    RE-ENTRY

    Assembly Instructions

    AIRSTRIP
    LANDING

    Space Shuttle Glider Challenges

    Read carefully before assembly.


    Challenge #1Determine the scale of the glider
    1. Cut out all parts using scissors.
    2. Cut out V-shaped notches on Fuselage to create tabs along
    outside edge. Fold tabs out.
    3. Glue or tape three Nose Weights to underside of glider
    nose. Use the fourth weight provided if needed for extra
    trim after assembly.
    4. Fold Fuselage along middle line.
    5. Starting at the nose, glue or tape fuselage to Deck and Wing
    Assembly. Match tabs on Fuselage exactly to those two
    halves together using tabs provided.
    6. To close the nose, glue or tape the two halves together
    using tabs provided.
    7. Fold Vertical Stabilizer Assembly. Fold out tabs A and B.
    Except for tabs A and B, glue or tape Vertical Stabilizer
    Assembly to make one solid piece.
    8. Attach Vertical Stabilizer to Fuselage, matching tab A with
    point A and tab B with point B.

    Needed: Space Shuttle Glider, metric ruler, and calculator


    What To Do: Measure the length of your glider in centimeters. Divide
    your answer into the length of the real Space Shuttle orbiter to determine
    your gliders scale.
    Space Shuttle orbiter length: 3,724 centimeters.
    Challenge #2Glide ratio
    Needed: Space Shuttle Glider and tape measure
    What To Do: Gently launch the Space Shuttle Glider horizontally from a
    measured height above the floor. Measure how far across the floor the
    orbiter traveled from the launching point. Determine the glide ratio by
    dividing how far it traveled by the distance it dropped to the floor.
    Research the glide ratios of other aircraft such as commercial jets, small
    private planes, and sail planes.
    Challenge #3Fishing Line Guidance System

    Preflight Instructions
    For the best results,
    launch your glider with a
    gentle level toss. Bend the
    Body Flap for slightly greater
    lift.

    Vertical Stabilizer
    Assembly
    Fuselage

    Nose Weights
    Deck and Wing
    Assembly

    Needed: Space Shuttle Glider, paper clips, nylon fishing line, cellophane
    tape, and book
    What To Do: Spread open two paper clips so that they become "S" hooks.
    Straighten out the lower end of the S for each hook and attach these
    straightened ends to the back of the glider with tape. One clip should be
    in the nose and the other in the tail. Tie one end of the fishing line around
    the book and set the book on the floor. Stand several meters from the
    book and hold the other end of the fishing line about one meter above the
    floor. Hook the glider onto the fishing line and let it go. Try to get the
    glider to land on the floor without running into the book.

    Assembly Instructions (Read carefully before assembly.)


    1. Cut out all parts using scissors.
    2. Cut out V-shaped notches on Fuselage to create tabs along outside edge. Fold tabs out.
    3. Glue or tape three Nose Weights to underside of glider nose. Use the fourth weight provided if needed for extra trim after assembly.
    4. Fold Fuselage along middle line.
    5. Starting at the nose, glue or tape fuselage to Deck and Wing Assembly. Match tabs on Fuselage
    exactly to those two halves together using tabs provided.
    6. To close the nose, glue or tape the two halves together using tabs provided.
    7. Fold Vertical Stabilizer Assembly. Fold out tabs A and B. Except for tabs A and B, glue or tape
    Vertical Stabilizer Assembly to make one solid piece.
    8. Attach Vertical Stabilizer to Fuselage, matching tab A with point A and tab B with point B.

    Vertical Stabilizer
    Assembly
    Fuselage

    Nose Weights

    Preflight Instructions
    For the best results, launch your glider with a gentle level toss. Bend the Body Flap for slightly greater lift.

    Deck and Wing


    Assembly

    United States

    United States

    B
    Fold

    Fold

    A
    Fold
    In

    United States

    Cut Notches and Fold


    Tabs to Outside

    Fuselage

    Fold

    A
    Body Flap

    Vertical
    Stabilizer
    Assembly

    Dashed Notches are for


    Reference Only. DO NOT CUT.

    USA

    Glue this
    Weight on
    Last with
    Marking
    Showing

    Deck
    and Wing
    Assembly
    Nose Weight

    USA
    National Aeronautics and
    Space Administration

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