In perhaps an unintended degree of verisimilitude to the actual shuttle launch experience, a lot of the time on the Shuttle Launch Experience ride is spent waiting. As you wait on the gantry, monitors show a video where former astronauts describe what it was like for them to fly on the shuttle.
The galaxy we live in, called the Milky Way Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy composed of at least 100 billion stars. It is approximately 100,000 light years across and about 1000 light years thick. It has a central bulge that is about 10,000 light years in diameter.
Messier 31 is more commonly referred to as the Andromeda Galaxy, and apart from our Milky Way, is arguably the most well-known galaxy.It is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own, and is one of the more than 20 galaxies comprising The Local Group of galaxies.essier 31 is more commonly referred to as the Andromeda Galaxy, and apart from our Milky Way, is arguably the most well-known galaxy.