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CONTENTS
WHAT IS SPACE? 4 WHY EXPLORE SPACE? 6 THE HISTORY OF SPACE EXPLORATION 8 EXPLORING SPACE TODAY 10 HOW DO YOU BECOME AN ASTRONAUT? 12 WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO
ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO DO? 14
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
GO INTO SPACE? 16
WHAT DO ASTRONAUTS ACTUALLY
DO ON THE SPACE STATION? 18
WHAT IS IT LIKE ON THE MOON? 20 HOW DO ASTRONAUTS GET BACK TO EARTH? 22 WHAT OTHER KINDS OF SPACE JOBS ARE THERE? 24 ARE YOU GOOD AT PROBLEM-SOLVING?
THEN A JOB IN MISSION CONTROL MIGHT BE FOR YOU 26
DO YOU LOVE DOING EXPERIMENTS?
THEN BECOME A SPACE SCIENTIST 28
WHAT ABOUT THE MORE UNUSUAL SPACE JOBS? 30 GET INVOLVED 32
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