Rocket Ships By: Yousef Chemali
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Introduction: What is a rocket ship?................................pg 4 How does Nasa use rockets?.........................................pg 6 When was the first rocket ship launched into space?.......pg 8 Who has been in space the longest?...............................pg 10 First people in space………………………………………...pg 12 Conclusion…………………………………………………….pg 14 Glossary……………………………………………………....pg 15 Works cited…………………………………………………...pg 16 About the author……………………………………………...pg 18
What is a Rocket Ship
A rocket ship is a flying shuttle that can carry people into space.
Rocket ships help astronomers learn new things about space.
How does Nasa use Rockets?
Nasa uses rocket ships to send astronauts into space so they can tell astronomers information. Because of this, Nasa astronomers know a lot of information about space.
Nasa stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Saturn 1
Some Nasa Rockets
Saturn V Saturn 1b
When was the First Rocket Ship launched into space?
In 1942 the V2 missile was launched by Germany. This rocket carried nothing but it was the first rocket to get to space.
V2 missile up top
The first rocket ship to take something to space was the R-7 TCBM, it took the Sputnik satellite to space.
Who has been in Space the Longest? The longest person in space was Russian Valeri Polyakov. He was in space for more than 14 months. Valeri was aboard the Mir space station.
Valeri Polyakov had a total of more than 22 months in space. He still holds the record for longest time in space.
First People in Space The first person in space was Russian Yuri Gagarin. He was a 27 year old test pilot and he went on the Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.
Vostok 1 below
The first female in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut who flew on June 16, 1963.
Conclusion
Hopefully, this text informed you but there is one more fact to know. Did you know over 530 astronauts have been to space? Astronomers may have not know as many things about space without rocket ships, that’s why rocket ships are a big part in our human history.
Glossary ● Astronomers- Experts in or student of astronomy. ● Astronauts- People who are trained to travel in a spacecraft. ● Voyage- A long journey involving travel by sea or in space. ● Cosmonaut- A Russian astronaut
Works cited Administrator, NASA Content. “First Shuttle Launch.” NASA, NASA, 8 Apr. 2015, www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2488.html.
Dunbar, Brian. “What Is a Rocket?” NASA, NASA, 20 May 2015, www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-rocket-k4.html.
Malik, Tariq. “NASA's Space Shuttle By the Numbers: 30 Years of a Spaceflight Icon.” Space.com, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2016, www.space.com/12376-nasa-space-shuttle-program-facts-statistics.html.
Works cited
Staff, SPACE.com. “Special Report: Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster – 25 Years Later.” Space.com, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2016, www.space.com/10711-challenger-shuttle-disaster-25-years.html.
Wall, Mike. “The Most Extreme Human Spaceflight Records.” Space.com, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2018, www.space.com/11337-human-spaceflight-records-50th-anniversary.html.
About the Author Yousef Chemali is an eleven year old 6th grader at Exploris Middle School. He was born on June 18, 2007 and he is into football and soccer.
Rocket Ships! In this book you’ll learn about rocket ships, astronauts and more. Did you know the longest person in space was in space for more than 22 months? This is true, he still holds the world record for longest time in space.