The solar system is the name given to the sun and the planets that go around it. The biggest planet in the solar system is Jupiter. The smallest planet in the solar system is Pluto. Space shuttles travels from Earth into outer space They are sent into space from a launch pad.
Rockets fire the space shuttle into space where it orbits the earth.
There is a laboratory that collects information about the planets and it is sent back to Earth , The Russian space station is called Mir.