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This structure orbits Earth approximately every 90 minutes and serves as a home for astronauts from different countries.
What is the International Space Station?
Before smartphones and computers, people used these to write and send letters by mail.
This part of a letter starts with “Dear” and includes the recipient’s name.
What is a salutation?
This galaxy, home to our solar system, is shaped like a spiral and contains billions of stars.
What is the Milky Way?
This bird was once a common way to send messages over long distances.
What is a carrier pigeon?
When writing a formal letter, you should end with this phrase before signing your name. What is the term for this phrase?
What is "Yours sincerely" or "Yours faithfully"?
The name of the telescope launched in 1990 that has provided some of the most stunning images of deep space.
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
Before email, this type of letter was commonly sent for urgent messages and charged per word.
What is a telegram?
A friendly letter often starts with this kind of opening sentence.
What is a personal greeting or question like “How have you been?”
This is the largest and most powerful type of star explosion in the universe.
What is a supernova?
This modern app is commonly used today for sending instant written messages instead of letters.
If you’re writing to complain about a faulty product, you should include these two important details. (
What are the problem and a request for a solution?