What Astronauts Do
Know that astronauts are people who travel to space in rockets, that humans have walked on the Moon (Apollo missions), and that astronauts today live and work on the International Space Station
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Can your child tell you what an astronaut is, and that people have actually walked on the Moon and live on a space station?
Know that astronauts are people who travel to space in rockets, that humans have walked on the Moon (Apollo missions), and that astronauts today live and work on the International Space Station
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- Define an astronaut as a person who travels to space
- State that humans landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions
- Describe the International Space Station as a place where astronauts live and work in orbit around Earth
“Can your child tell you what an astronaut is, and that people have actually walked on the Moon and live on a space station?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Space Exploration
- Age range
- Ages 5–7