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• Created for the museum's Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration exhibit, this article introduces students to our accomplishments in space travel and explores its future. It includes:

  • an overview of flight from the first manned hot air balloon to Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon;
  • a recap of the exhibit's highlights from Michael Shara, curator of the exhibit; and
  • a look at the possibilities of commercial space travel and the dangers of asteroids.

• Teacher Tip

  Supplement a study of space or technology with an activity drawn from this Scholastic News article.

  1. Send students to this online article, or print copies of it for them to read.
  2. Have them write a one-page reaction to the article, in which they answer the final question posed by Shara: What will space travel become, and where will it take us?

• Topic

  Astronomy

• Subtopic

  General