Blue Band 4
Michaela Morgan
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We have always looked up at the Moon and wanted to get there. 138
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First, we had to go up into space, but things kept going wrong.
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At last we sent a rocket into space. It had a satellite on it.
the satellite in space
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This dog went into space.
Next we sent animals into space.
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After that, we sent the first man and the first woman into space.
the first woman in space
the first man in space
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Space travellers are called astronauts.
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Ear phones help astronauts to hear each other.
The helmet protects the astronaut’s face from the Sun.
Air helps the astronaut to breathe.
Astronauts have to wear a spacesuit.
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In space everything seems to float.
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Astronauts eat special food and drink from special cups. They don’t want their dinner to float away. 147
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At last astronauts landed on the Moon and began to explore.
This man walked on the Moon.
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There is no wind on the Moon, so their footprints are still there.
footprint
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Going to the Moon
satellite in space
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Glossary astronauts: people who go into space rocket: a long, pointed tube that flies up into space satellite: an object that flies around the Earth animal in space
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spacesuit: special clothes worn by astronauts
Index astronauts 144, 145, 147, 148 drink 147 float 146, 147 food 147 Moon 138, 148, 149 rocket 141 space 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146 spacesuit 145
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