French Astronaut Sophie Adenot Leaves Space Station to Return to Earth
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Sophie Adenot is a French astronaut. She lived on the International Space Station for eight months. The space station is called the ISS. It flies high above the Earth. Now Sophie Adenot is coming home.
Sophie Adenot has left the ISS. She is flying back to Earth. She will land on Thursday afternoon. Landing means coming down safely to the ground.
Many people worked on the ISS with her. They do experiments in space. Space is the area outside Earth's air. Astronauts live and work there for many months.
After eight months in space, Sophie Adenot will finally return to Earth. Earth is our planet. People are happy to see her come home.
Vocabulary6 words
- astronaut
- a person who travels and works in space
- French
- from the country of France
- International Space Station
- a big home in space where astronauts live and work
- land
- to come down safely onto the ground
- space
- the area far above Earth, outside the air
- Earth
- the planet where we live
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1. A French astronaut 2. Eight months 3. Thursday afternoon
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Sophie Adenot is a _____ astronaut.
She lived on the _____ for eight months.
The space station is called the _____.
Sophie Adenot has _____ the ISS.
She is flying back to _____.
She will _____ on Thursday afternoon.
Many people worked on the ISS with _____.
They do _____ in space.
After eight months in space, Sophie Adenot will finally return to _____.
People are _____ to see her come home.
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