6th grade: (Astronaut, Earth) Week 29, Unit 9 Le ...

Space Station is a large spacecraft. It orbits around Earth. It is a home where astronauts live. The space station is also a science lab.

Space station

Float

Spacesuit

Astronauts float around in space because there is no gravity in space. Everyone knows that the farther you get from Earth, the less the gravity force is.

The Earth

An astronaut is a person trained and equipped to travel in a spacecraft. They are typically crew members of a space mission.

Gravity

The Moon

The Moon is the large round object that circles the Earth and that shines at night by reflecting light from the sun.

People usually say Earth when they are referring to the planet as part of the universe, and the Earth when they are talking about the planet as the place where

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Astronaut