Space Travel: Out of This World

Space Travel: Out of This World — page 3 — VISIONS OF SPACE Ancient people watched the stars They wanted to try space travel Some thought a big balloon would work Others thought a cannon would work

Space Travel: Out of This World — page 4 — ROCKET CHAIR Wan Hu was a Chinese scientist He lived in the 1500s He tried to travel into space He filled 47 rockets with gunpowder He tied them to a chair He sat in the chair His servants lit the rockets Wan Hu was never seen again 5

Space Travel: Out of This World — page 5 — MAKE IT MAMAKAKEKE ITIT ROCKET ENGINES An explosion happens at one end of a rocket The explosion pushes it into space 6

Space Travel: Out of This World — page 6 — IT GO ITIT GOGO O O ION THRUSTER An ion thruster shoots beams of atoms backward This makes the spacecraft go forward

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