Camping
Latisha knew she would hate camping. It was cold. It was dark. Her sleeping bag smelled fu...
Sputnik 1 was the first man-made satellite. A satellite is an object that circles around another object. Earth is a satellite of the sun. Sputnik 1 circled around the earth. It was launched into space on October 4, 1957. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was not very big. It only weighed 183 pounds. Sputnik 1 was round, like a ball. It could make it all the way around the earth in 92 days. It was pretty fast. It traveled at 18,000 miles per hour. The word "sputnik" means "traveling companion" in Russian. The launching of Sputnik 1 started a "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both countries wanted to be the first to look around in space. Today, satellites are used in all kinds of ways. Satellites help broadcast TV shows. They also let people talk on the phone over great distances. Satellites are very helpful.
Latisha knew she would hate camping. It was cold. It was dark. Her sleeping bag smelled fu...
When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? There are millions of stars. For ages,...
Before the Civil War, slaves began to tell their stories. They wrote a new kind of book. T...