What Astronauts Do
Know that astronauts are people who travel to space in rockets, that humans have walked on the Moon (Apollo missions), and that astronauts today live and work on the International Space Station
What a learner can do afterwards
- Define an astronaut as a person who travels to space
- State that humans landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions
- Describe the International Space Station as a place where astronauts live and work in orbit around Earth
The lesson
An astronaut is a person who travels to space. Astronauts ride inside a rocket to get there.
In 1969, astronauts flew all the way to the Moon. This trip was called an Apollo mission. They were the first people to walk on the Moon.
Today, astronauts live on the International Space Station. It flies high above Earth, going around and around.
On the space station, astronauts float. There is almost no gravity, so things drift instead of falling.
Astronauts travel to space, walked on the Moon, and live on the space station today.
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Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.