Vocabulary/Definitions. 1  Dock: To join two or more spacecraft in space. 2  Engineer: A person who applies his/her understanding of science and math to creating things for the benefit of humanity and our world. 3  Galley: On the ISS, each astronaut has his/her own room, called a galley..
The short ton (also known as net ton) equals to 2000 pounds and used in north america (united states and canada), the long ton (also known as weight or gross ton) is used in the imperial system (UK and some of the other english speaking countries) and defined as 2240 pounds or 1016 kilograms.
How many pounds are in 3 tons? 3 US tons (short tons) is 6000 pounds (1 ton = 2000 pounds) For the Imperial or long ton (2240 pounds), 3 tons would be 6720 pounds For the metric ton (1000 kilograms, 220 â¦ 4.62 pounds), 3 tonnes is about 6613.8 pounds. 2 people found this useful. Vickia2009. 640 Contributions.