Fact file

Tha space station

The space station is 400 kilometres above earth, it takes 6 hours to get there, that is a bit

longer then what it takes to get to Liverpool.

The sleeping bags are strapped to the wall.

There are machines that prepare the astronauts for space.

Planets

The largest planet is Jupiter.

The four rocky planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.

The gas plants are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The rocky planets are the closer to the sun.

The sun is a Star.

Who are the planets named after?

Some of the planets are named after the Roman gods.

Mercury is named after the messenger of the gods.

Venus is the god of love and beauty.

Mars is the god of war.

Jupiter is the god of the sky and the king of gods.

Saturn is the Titans of time, Jupiter farther, and the king of the Titans.

Uranus was the god of the sky before Jupiter was born and Saturn’s farther.

Neptune is the god of the sea and Jupiter’s brother.

Pluto is the god the the dead and brother to Jupiter

We have found no other life in space.