Blast Off

Blue Band 4

Michaela Morgan

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We have always looked up at the Moon and wanted to get there.

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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.

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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

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