Space Vacation

Restate the question and answer it.

In which section of the article can you read about the possible cost of a trip to space?

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RI.8.2

Restate the question and answer it.

Do you think you’d enjoy a space vacation? Why or why not?

The main purpose of the article is to ______.

• describe a space hotel

• compare astronauts with tourists

• explain how space vacations may soon be possible

• explain what happens at the International Space Station

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RI.6.2

The International Space Station is in orbit around Earth. This means that it ______.

• circles Earth

• studies Earth

• takes pictures of Earth

• is located on Earth

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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CCSS.RI.6.2

The article says that the motion of a spacecraft in orbit makes you feel weightless. This fact helps explain ______.

• why only astronauts go to space

• why you float inside a spacecraft

• why trips to space are expensive

• why you can see Earth from space

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

In the section “A View From Space,” the author ______.

• gives tips for preparing to go into space

• tells how much a trip to space might cost

• lists companies that are sending missions to space

• explains why space vacations won’t soon replace Earth vacations

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How many people have seen Earth from space?

• fewer than 600

• about 20,000

• nearly 300,000

• more than 1 million

Based on the article, astronaut Alan Shepard saw his time in space as ______.

• boring

• funny

• scary

• special

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2