Practice Summarizing News Articles (4)

Students were divided into groups of two or three. Their assignment was to summarize brief biographies of the crew of the recent NASA Space Shuttle mission. Crew links, and student summaries are below.


NASA Space Shuttle Mission
Oct. 29 - Nov. 7, 1998
Crew


Chika

Stephen K. Robinson

He is mission spesialist on Discoverry. He did not tell astronaut lesson for his parents, but while student at the University of California, he got a degree. And also worked as an intern at NASA's Ames Research Center.


Erica

Pedro Duque

He is 35 years Spanish , and he has a degree in aeronautical engineer from Universidad politechicain madrid. He selected in 1992 to join ESA's astronaut program. He was awarded the order of Friendship by President Boris Yeltsin in 1995.


Ica

Curtis L. Brown, Jr.

He is 42 years and a lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force. He began astronout training in 1987. He was the pilot on 4 previous shuttle missions, and spent nearly 41 days in Space.


Jiro


Kozue

Chiaki Mukai

Chiaki mukai was the first Japanese woman to go into space in 1994. Also this time sya aboarded as a payload specialist about Piscovery.


Kyoko

Pedro Duque

He went to space abroard for the first time. He had many experience to go to space abroard. So, he could move to the United States to train with NASA.


Mami

Curtis L. Brown, Jr.

He is a lieutenaunt colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He began astronaut training in 1987. He went to space 4 times as a commander and pilot before recently fright.


Mari

John Glenn

He was born Ohio. He is fast American to orbit the pianet. He went to the universe. He is Howard Metzenbaum.


Miu


Natsu

Scott E. Parazynski

Scott Parazynski is thirty-seven years old. He has experienced to go to space many time. This time he aboarded as a flight engineer on Discovery.


Oga

Steven W. Lindsey

Lindsey was a pilot and an instractor in 1987. He attended the Air Force's test in 1989. He was assigned to NASA in 1995. He was the pilot on Columbia in1997 and he was the pilot on Discovery during his second trip into space in 1998.


Park


Tomoki

Chiaki Mukai

Mukai was the first Japanese woman to go into space. Mukai,46, has been honored by numerous medical and organization Japan, as well as by the U.s congrees. As a payload specialist aboard Discovery, she will conduct related to the brain and the nervous system.


Yanagi

John Glenn

Glenn who was a veteran of combat mission as a marine pilot became the first American to orbit the planet in 1962. After, he was a re-elected three more times. And now, he return to space.


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