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By Gina Wike
Light from Stars
When you see the light from a star, it is light
that left it many years ago.
Light travels very fast, but the distances in
space are so great that it takes years for
the light to reach Earth.-sometimes tens of
thousands of years.
The light and other energy leaving a star
are forms of radiation.
Radiation
Remember: radiation is energy transmitted
through electromagnetic waves.
Because of electric and magnetic
properties of this energy, it is called
electromagnetic radiation.
Electromagnetic waves carry energy
through both empty space and matter.
How do we hear astronauts in space?
Project Mercury
Project Gemini
Project Apollo
Project Mercury
Project Mercury- orbit a crewed spacecraft
around Earth and bring it back safely
Alan Shepard
1961- Alan Shepard
became 1st US citizen
in space