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President Talks With Space Astronauts 🚀

President Donald Trump called the astronauts great Americans and brave people 🚀

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Key Points

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President praised astronaut Anil Menon and his teammates

Menon is a colonel in the United States Space Force

The team is conducting research on the International Space Station

They have completed a spacewalk using the station’s robotic arm

Trump proposed a United States Space Academy to train future space explorers

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The crew, including Anil Menon, Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, are living on the International Space Station.

They have performed spacewalks, stepping outside the station using a robotic arm.

Trump announced a plan for a United States Space Academy, similar to the country’s military schools.

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10 words

astronaut

a person trained to travel and work in space

International Space Station

a large laboratory that orbits Earth where astronauts live and do experiments

spacewalk

when an astronaut goes outside a spacecraft to work in space

colonel

a high rank for a military officer

United States Space Force

the branch of the U.S. military that focuses on space activities

Space Academy

a special school for learning about space, like a military academy

launch

to send a rocket or spacecraft up into space

Soyuz

a Russian spacecraft used to carry astronauts to the space station

robotic arm

a machine on the space station that can move objects and help astronauts

pioneers

people who are the first to explore or do something new

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