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An American Hero Flies Again

An American Hero Flies Again. Genre: Nonfiction-gives information about real people, places, or things. The Soviet Union. A country that existed between 1922-1991. The largest country in the word covering 1/6 of the world’s land area. A large part of it is now called Russia. Space race.

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An American Hero Flies Again

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  1. An American Hero Flies Again Genre: Nonfiction-gives information about real people, places, or things.

  2. The Soviet Union • A country that existed between 1922-1991. The largest country in the word covering 1/6 of the world’s land area. A large part of it is now called Russia.

  3. Space race • A competition between the Soviet Union and the USA over the exploration of space

  4. Launch a satellite • To send a ship in the air • Satellite

  5. Sputnik • Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 were the first satellites launched into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. • Sputnik 2 carried a dog named Laika. Laika became the first animal in space

  6. Manned spacecraft • A spaceship that has people on board

  7. Yuri Gagarin- a Soviet cosmonaut. First man in space 1961

  8. Orbit the Earth • Go around the Earth

  9. John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on board of spaceship Friendship 7

  10. Neil Armstrong- first man on the Moon July 20, 1969

  11. Aging process • The process of getting older

  12. Heart monitors • A device for measuring the heart rhythm

  13. Historical • Related to history • Can you name these historical characters?

  14. automatically • Doing something by habit or without much thinking or effort • When we touch a hot object, we automatically pull our hand away. • - How are you? • -I’m fine (sometimes we answer automatically- without much thinking)

  15. requirements • Something that must be done • Check out the OKCPS requirements for graduation

  16. dispute • Disagreement or argument • What is their dispute about?

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