Welcome to Space

Explore space with astronaut Chris Hadfield! Fun reading practice for 6th graders.

Read this text and then answer the questions below: How does it feel to eat and sleep in space? Chris Hadfield can tell us. He was an astronaut for 20 years and he was in space for more than 4,000 hours.Hadfield was born in Canada in 1959. He liked to fly and he became an astronaut in 1992. Hadfield is famous because he made interesting videos to teach people about life in space. He made a video about sleeping in space and another video about brushing teeth in space. He also made a video about making sandwiches in space. His videos show that it’s difficult to live in space because everything floats away.Hadfield loves music so he decided to make a music video in space. In the video, Hadfield plays the guitar and sings. It wasn’t easy to make the video in space. The guitar was a problem because it floated and was hard to hold. Hadfield’s voice was another problem because it changed in space. Hadfield finished the video, called “Space Oddity”, in 2013. It is Hadfield’s most famous video from space. More than 40 million people watched it on YouTube.Today Hadfield writes books and teaches classes about space. He’s not floating around anymore! Complete the sentences. Match the word on the left to its definition on the right. A beautiful song. A funny video. A brave astronaut. A famous artist. A difficult problem. An expensive guitar. Tick the correct answers:When did Hadfield start his job? in 1992 in 2000 in 1991 1990 What videos did Hadfield make about life in space? working sleeping making sandwiches brushing teeth Why was it difficult for Hadfield to make music videos in space? the guitar floated he couldn't sing he couldn't record his voice changed How many people watched "Space Oddity"? fourteen million forty million four million four thousand How many hours was Hadfield in space? four million four hundred four thousand forty thousand Choose the correct word from the bank to complete the sentences: 1. You must brush your teeth before you go to bed.2. Bill's new song is called "Let's Sing and Dance".3. Can you hold my bag please.4. Kate watched an interesting movie on TV.5. There are dangerous snakes in our garden. It's a problem.6. In space everything floats away. What is true and what is false? TRUE Ilan Ramon was a famous astronaut. Ten is more than nine. "Space Oddity" is Hadfield's most famous video from space. Hadfield is Canadian. FALSE Everyone can go to space. There are twenty six hours in a day. Pupils finish school at 9 o clock in the morning. A million people live on the moon. Hadfield is famous because he made interesting videos to teach people about life in space. His most popular video was about making music in space. It was the most difficult video to make because the guitar kept floating away and his voice changed. Hadfield is no longer an astronaut and he spends his time writing books and teaching classes about space. Watch the video and complete the sentence from the song: "This is ground control to _ _."