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The 1960's
Moon
Reaching for the Moon

The 1960's
The 1960's


Reaching for the Moon
Print Reaching for the Moon Reading Comprehension with Sixth Grade Work

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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 6 to 8
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.81

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    analysis, uttered, spacecraft, commander, shortly, tested, gravity, orbit, decade, boulders, material, aboard, remain, complex, launch, reading
     content words:    United States, President John F., Frank Borman, William Anders, James Lovell, Santa Claus, On July, Kennedy Space Center, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins


Reaching for the Moon
By Jane Runyon
  

1     Step by step, the United States space program moved toward its goal. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged scientists to place an American on the surface of the moon by the end of the decade. They made small steps forward. They made large steps forward. They even had setbacks that made the goal seem almost impossible. It was now the winter of 1968. Would the goal be met?
 
2     On Christmas 1968, three American astronauts were orbiting the moon in the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell were closer to the moon than any American had ever been. It was not their goal to land on the moon. They were there to make sure that it was possible to reach moon orbit. They had. James Lovell sent a message back to every eager child listening. "Please be informed there is a Santa Claus," he announced. William Anders inspired his fellow citizens by reading the story of the Creation from a Bible he had brought with him. The goal was close, but could it be reached in just one short year?
 
3     The answer to that question would be answered less than seven months later. On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center complex in Florida. It carried the Apollo 11 crew. Neil Armstrong was the commander of this mission. Michael Collins was the Command Module pilot, and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin was the Lunar Module pilot. All were experienced astronauts.

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The 1960's
             The 1960's


Moon
             Moon


Science
             Science


    Careers in Science  
 
    Caring for Earth  
 
    Clouds  
 
    Dinosaurs  
 
    Earth's Land  
 
    Earth  
 
    Earthquakes  
 
    Electricity  
 
    Energy  
 
    Erosion  
 
    Food Pyramid  
 
    Food Webs and Food Chain  
 
    Forces and Motion  
 
    Fossils  
 
    Health and Nutrition  
 
    How Things Work  
 
    Landforms  
 
    Life Science  
 
    Light  
 
    Magnets  
 
    Matter  
 
 
    Moon  
 
    Natural Disasters  
 
    Photosynthesis  
 
    Plant and Animal Cells  
 
    Plants  
 
    Rocks and Minerals  
 
    Science Process Skills  
 
    Scientific Notation  
 
    Seasons  
 
    Simple Machines  
 
    Soil  
 
    Solar System  
 
    Sound  
 
    Space and Stars  
 
    Sun  
 
    Tsunami  
 
    Volcanoes  
 
    Water Cycle  
 
    Water  
 
    Weather  
 


United States
             United States


    American Government  
 
    Black History and Blacks in U.S. History  
 
    Children in History  
 
    Government Careers  
 
    Hispanic Heritage  
 
    How Can I Help?  
 
 
    Immigration  
 
    National Parks and Monuments  
 
    Native Americans  
 
    Presidents of the United States  
 
    Women's History  
 


United States History
    A Nation Divided
(1840-1861)
 
 
    A New Nation
(1776-1830)
 
 
    After the Civil War
(1865-1870)
 
 
    American Revolution  
 
    Cold War
(1947-1991)
 
 
    Colonial America (1492-1776)  
 
    Lewis and Clark
(1804-1806)
 
 
    Pearl Harbor  
 
    Spanish American War (1898)  
 
    The 1890's  
 
    The 1900's  
 
    The 1910's  
 
    The 1920's  
 
    The 1930's  
 
 
    The 1940's  
 
    The 1950's  
 
    The 1960's  
 
    The 1970's  
 
    The 1980's  
 
    The 1990's  
 
    The 2000's  
 
    The Civil War
(1861-1865)
 
 
    The Great Depression
(1929-1945)
 
 
    The United States Grows
(1865-1900)
 
 
    The War of 1812  
 
    Wild, Wild West  
 
    World War I
(1914-1918)
 
 
    World War II  
 


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