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What are Christopher Columbus famous for?
Columbus is famous for finding America
What are Neil Armstrong famous for?
Armstrong is famous for being the first man on the moon.
What do explorers do?
Explorers explore places where no one has ever been to.
Vocab: A person trained to take part in space flight
Astronaut
Vocab: the area from which the pilot control an airplane
Cockpit
Vocab: a particular object for showing direction
compass
Vocab: to move over the water
Sail
Christopher grew up in the _____ of Genoa, in Italy.
port
“That’s one small ____ for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
step
Christopher _____ using the stars and the sun, and he learnt how to use a compass.
navigated
Neil was a very skilled engineer as well as a ______.
pilot
Christopher’s father was a __________.
merchant
But Neil said that this didn’t make him feel like a ____.
giant
Christopher wanted to find a _______ way to sail to Asia.
quicker
Neil treated the mission to the moon _____ and didn’t try to show off.
seriously
Neil was very interested in airplanes, even when he was a boy. TRUE / FALSE
TRUE
