Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Columbia Disaster
Saturday, February 1, 2003, was a tragic day for the United States space program. Seven astronauts lost their lives when something went wrong as the Space Shuttle Columbia was coming back to Earth from space. These five men and two women worked very hard for months, and sometimes, years, to get prepared to travel in space. Being an astronaut was a dream that many, if not all, of these seven astronauts had since they were young. Write a story to describe what you want to be when you grow up and what you think you will enjoy about it.
Word List
Astronaut
Atmosphere
Crew
Disaster
Disintegrated
Experiments
Global
Insulation
Investigation
Liftoff
Mission
Orbit
Recovery
Satellite
Shuttle
Space craft
Telescope
Thermal tiles