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ELA, Grade 3, Lesson 9 Teacher Packet Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Key Details Rhea Seddon got her medical degree when she was thirty years old. She was preparing for her dream to be a doctor on the space shuttle. Then in 1978 she was offered a job as an astronaut for NASA. First she had to go to training school to prepare to be an astronaut and take a voyage into space

Slide 5 Key Details Rhea Seddon got her medical degree when she was thirty years old. She was preparing for her dream to be a doctor on the space shuttle. Then in 1978 she was offered a job as an astronaut for NASA. First she had to go to training school to prepare to be an astronaut and take a voyage into space After training for one year, she was given several projects to help other astronauts. Then, in 1985, she went on her first mission into space on the shuttle Discovery with help from mission control. Slide 6 Key Details Rhea Seddon got her medical degree when she was thirty years old. She was preparing for her dream to be a doctor on the space shuttle. Then in 1978 she was offered a job as an astronaut for NASA. First she had to go to training school to prepare to be an astronaut and take a voyage into space After training for one year, she was given several projects to help other astronauts. Then, in 1985, she went on her first mission into space on the shuttle Discovery with help from mission control. With the help of boosters, the shuttle took off and reached 200 miles above Earth in eight and a half minutes.

Slide 7 Key Details Rhea Seddon got her medical degree when she was thirty years old. She was preparing for her dream to be a doctor on the space shuttle. Then in 1978 she was offered a job as an astronaut for NASA. First she had to go to training school to prepare to be an astronaut and take a voyage into space After training for one year, she was given several projects to help other astronauts. Then, in 1985, she went on her first mission into space on the shuttle Discovery with help from mission control. With the help of boosters, the shuttle took off and reached 200 miles above Earth in eight and a half minutes. Seddon and the astronauts’ main job on the mission was to launch two satellites that would turn on once in space.

Slide 8 Key Details Rhea Seddon got her medical degree when she was thirty years old. She was preparing for her dream to be a doctor on the space shuttle. Then in 1978 she was offered a job as an astronaut for NASA. First she had to go to training school to prepare to be an astronaut and take a voyage into space After training for one year, she was given several projects to help other astronauts. Then, in 1985, she went on her first mission into space on the shuttle Discovery with help from mission control. With the help of boosters, the shuttle took off and reached 200 miles above Earth in eight and a half minutes. Seddon and the astronauts’ main job on the mission was to launch two satellites that would turn on once in space. Lastly, the first satellite worked, but the second one would not turn on. Dr. Seddon and the astronauts made makeshift tolls to turn on the switch, but it did not work, so NASA retrieved the broken satellite later. Slide 9