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A scientist works on the first satellite in space.
What is Sputnik 1?
An object sent into space to orbit Earth, the moon, or another planet.
What is satellite?
"Reach for the Stars" is this kind of genre.
What is Biography?
A tropical illness that kills thousands of people every year.
What is Chagas?
Melina's great-great-grandfather.
What is Franklin Chang Diaz?
Franklin was willing to give up his life for this.
What is "a dream"?
Change completely.
What is revolutionize?
Franklin Chang Diaz was helped by the __________ of his parents and other people.
What is encouragement?
Dr. Chang Diaz tells young people that his parents had very little money and that if he could do it, _________ could.
What is anybody?
Melina had to work very hard at _______.
What is school?
Franklin and his teammate hold up a sign to show that each of them spent this many hours in space.
What is 1000 hours?
A colorless gas.
What is hydrogen?
By 1977, Franklin had not only learned to speak English well, but he also had a ________ in plasma physics.
What is a doctorate?
Franklin revolutionized space travel by developing this.
What is plasma rocket?
In Costa Rica, pura vida has many meanings, including "full of life" and ________.
What is "life is good?"
Franklin overcame many _______ to reach his goal of becoming an astronaut.
What is obstacles?
An organism that lives on another organism and feeds on it.
What is a parasite?
In 1980, Franklin got in to the space shuttle program and only _____ people had been chosen from the 4,000 who had applied.
What is 19?
The journey to Mars took this many hours.
What is 39?
Melina is the first person ever to see this.
What is the sun?
Dr. Chang Diaz's final mission was on ______.
What is Endeavor?
The object of a person's ambition or effort; an aim or desired result.
What is goal?
Dr. Chang Diaz's second mission, the space shuttle launched the Galileo spacecraft on its six-year journey to ______.
What is Jupiter?
Franklin Chang Diaz tries to help people with problems. He works with young Costa Ricans. He tries to communicate to them that they should do this.
What is follow their dreams?
The genre of "Melina Shows Her Mettle."
What is science fiction?