Our Moon-Day Adventure
June 18
Dear Diary,
I thought the best part of visiting the Moon would be bouncing. I was wrong. The best part was figuring out how to get my friend’s drawing back when it almost floated away forever.
This morning, our spacecraft landed near a wide, shallow crater. My friends Jo and Mateo pressed their faces against the window beside mine. The ground looked like a giant tray of gray flour, except that rocks poked through it everywhere. Far above the horizon hung Earth, blue and white and surprisingly small.
Before we went outside, we checked one another’s spacesuits. Mine felt stiff and bulky, and the gloves made my fingers clumsy. But the suits carried the air we needed to breathe and protected us from the harsh conditions outside. Once our helmets were sealed, we could talk through radios.
I stepped down the ladder first. The Moon’s gravity is weaker than Earth’s, so I felt lighter, even in my heavy suit. I tried a little hop and drifted farther than I expected. Jo laughed over the radio when I landed with my arms waving like a windmill.
- crater:
- A bowl-shaped hollow in the ground.
- horizon:
- The line where the ground and sky seem to meet.
- bulky:
- Large and awkward to move or handle.
- slope:
- Ground that rises or falls at an angle.
- steadied:
- Held something still or kept it from moving.
- smudge:
- A dirty mark or smear.
- reusable:
- Able to be used again.
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- 1Why did the friends decide not to chase Mateo’s drawing?
- 2How did the friends use their equipment to retrieve the drawing?
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About this diary entry passage for Upper Elementary
“Our Moon-Day Adventure” is a diary entry reading passage about Space Travel, written for Upper Elementary. It takes about 4 minutes to read (629 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.