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What Astronauts Do

Science · Space Exploration · ages 5-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. How do astronauts travel to space?

    • In a car
    • In a boat
    • In a rocket

  2. What is an astronaut?

    • A person who only flies airplanes
    • A person who travels to space
    • A person who studies rocks on Earth

  3. Humans have walked on the Moon.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Where do astronauts live and work today, going around Earth?

    • The Moon
    • A big airplane
    • The International Space Station

  5. What were the trips to the Moon called?

    • Apollo missions
    • Rocket races
    • Star trips

  6. Astronauts today live on the Moon all the time.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Which of these has an astronaut really done?

    • Walked on the Moon
    • Lived on Mars
    • Flown to the Sun

  8. Mia says astronauts walk on the Moon every day today. What is wrong with what Mia said?

    • Astronauts never travel to space
    • Astronauts today live on the space station, not the Moon
    • Astronauts do not ride in rockets
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  1. In a rocket · Astronauts ride inside a rocket to leave Earth.
  2. A person who travels to space · An astronaut is a person who travels to space, often in a rocket.
  3. True · Astronauts walked on the Moon during the Apollo missions.
  4. The International Space Station · Astronauts today live and work on the International Space Station, in orbit around Earth.
  5. Apollo missions · The Moon landing trips were called the Apollo missions.
  6. False · Astronauts do not live on the Moon today. They live on the space station, orbiting Earth.
  7. Walked on the Moon · Astronauts really did walk on the Moon during the Apollo missions. No one has lived on Mars or flown to the Sun.
  8. Astronauts today live on the space station, not the Moon · Humans walked on the Moon long ago, during the Apollo missions. Today, astronauts live and work on the space station instead.
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