# Liftoff to learning : Space basics.

Shows astronauts aboard Shuttle mission STS-41 using computer graphics and visual demonstration to answer four basic questions about spaceflight: How do spacecraft travel into space? How do spacecraft remain in orbit? Why do astronauts float in space? How do spacecraft return to Earth? Viewers learn how English scientist Isaac Newton formulated the basic science behind Earth's orbit more than 300 years ago. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC .

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1991
- By: NASA
- Genres: Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/space_basics_5-8)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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