HUMANS AND SPACE

COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE KEYWORDS:

SAILING - ASTRONOMY - SPACE - FISHING - SPACE TRAVEL
SATELLITES - ROBOTS - CROPS - STARS

Since ancient times, humans are fascinated with _________. Many

peoples from different cultures have observed the _______ and planets

and have studied their role in their lives, like the influence on the sea

tides for ___________ and __________, what was the best moon

phase to start the _______.. Egyptians, Greeks, Mayans, Aztecs, Arabs...

They were pioneers in the science called _____________!

Adapted from https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

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For many centuries, humans have thought about what was beyond
the sky. Then, in the 20th century, technology was finally ready for the
first __________________.

Soviet spacecraft Buran Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson and Mary Jackson, mathematicians who Neil Armstrong, first person on the moon
performed the calculations for the Apollo mission

Space technology is now more and more advanced. Mankind sends

______________ and ___________ to explore other distant planets,

such as Mars, Venus, Neptune, even beyond!