Miss Pickerell in Space — Flashcards

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Miss Pickerell is the main character of the story. She is curious, brave, and she was frightened. She accidentally ends up in a spaceship when it launches and travels into space without planning to go…

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A spaceship is a vehicle designed to travel in space. In the story, it is shaped like a giant pencil and carries scientists into space. It can move through the sky and leave Earth's atmosphere.

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Miss Pickerell went inside the spaceship out of curiosity. She saw two men entering it with a ladder and wanted to see what it was like inside. She didn’t know it would take off soon.

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When the spaceship took off, Miss Pickerell felt a strong pressure at first. Then the pressure disappeared, and she felt light and weightless. She even floated when she moved her arm!

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Weightless means feeling as if you have no weight. In space, there is no gravity pulling you down, so people and objects float. Miss Pickerell felt weightless when the spaceship left Earth.

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She floated because the spaceship was in space, where there is no gravity. Without gravity, people don’t stay on beds or seats — they float unless they are strapped in.

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Gravity is a force that pulls things toward the Earth. On Earth, it keeps us on the ground. In space, far from Earth, gravity is very weak, so astronauts float.

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Mr. Haggerty is a scientist who was supposed to go on the spaceship. He was important because he was going to do the calculations for the flight. But he was left behind by mistake.