Moon Rover A New A Nonfiction Narrative by Susan Halko Write About Sun and Stars Mo o n Rover A New A Nonfiction Narrative by Susan Halko The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) trains astronauts to explore the universe. NASA has sent astronauts to the moon six times. The last trip was in 1972. 2 NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020. NASA wants astronauts to explore more of the moon. 3 In 1972, astronauts used a rover to explore. moon rover 4 The astronauts wore space suits on the rover. Space suits are big and clumsy. Space suits made it hard to explore. 5 By 2020, astronauts will want to explore even more. But they will not want to wear space suits all the time. 6 So NASA decided to make a new moon rover. They would call it the Lunar Electric Rover, or LER. 7 First, NASA had to think about what the LER would be like. They wanted the LER to have big windows. That way astronauts would be able to get a close look at the moon from inside the rover. 8 They also wanted the LER to be covered. That way the astronauts would not need to wear space suits inside. 9 [...]... Space Center; Title (bg) NASA - Johnson Space Center (NASA-JSC)/NASA Image Exchange; 2-3 (bg) Bruce Heinemann/Photodisc/Alamy Images; 2 (t inset) David R Scott/NASA - Johnson Space Center, (b inset) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA-MSFC)/NASA Image Exchange; 3 (inset) James Blair/NASA/Handout/Corbis; 4-5 (bg) Harrison H Schmitt/NASA - Johnson Space Center; 4 (inset) NASA Headquarters - Greatest... 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Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Malcolm B Butler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science Education, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, Florida; Nell K Duke, Ed.D., Co-Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center and Professor of Teacher Education and Educational Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Judith Sweeney Lederman, Ph.D., Director of Teacher Education... the Board Copyright © 2011 The Hampton-Brown Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, publishing under the imprints National Geographic School Publishing and Hampton-Brown All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and... When I read that, I knew I wanted to find out more! So I researched the new rover on the Internet I found lots of interesting information I learned that the new rover has beds, a shower, and even a bathroom! I found pictures, too When I first saw a picture of the LER, I was surprised It looked so much different than the old rovers I wanted to tell the story of the LER Why did astronauts want to build... (LER) crater 12 The moon has dry dirt and rocks, too It also has craters crater 13 In the desert, the LER rode over bumps and rocks Then the LER got a flat tire! 14 People from NASA fixed it They decided that the LER should have different tires when it goes to the moon 15 NASA is still working on getting the LER ready for the trip to the moon In 2020, astronauts will be glad to have the LER! 16 Acknowledgments... Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgment is given to the authors, artists, photographers, museums, publishers, and agents for permission to reprint copyrighted material Every effort has been made to secure the appropriate permission If any omissions have been made or if corrections are required, please contact the Publisher Photographic Credits Cover (bg) Stockbyte/Getty Images, (inset) Regan Geeseman/NASA - Johnson... space suits would stay outside on the back of the rover The LER would have a small door leading to the suits 10 Astronauts could climb through the door and slip right into their suits Then they could walk on the moon and explore more 11 After scientists built the LER, they needed to test it They drove it in a desert in Arizona The desert has dry dirt and rocks It even has a crater! Lunar Electric Rover . Moon Rover A New A Nonfiction Narrative by Susan Halko Write About Sun and Stars Mo o n Rover A New A Nonfiction Narrative by Susan Halko The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (NASA) trains astronauts to explore the universe. NASA has sent astronauts to the moon six times. The last trip was in 1972. 2 NASA plans to send astronauts back to the moon by 2020. NASA. Exchange; 3 (inset) James Blair/NASA/Handout/Corbis; 4-5 (bg) Harrison H. Schmitt/NASA - Johnson Space Center; 4 (inset) NASA Headquarters - Greatest Images of NASA (NASA-HQ-GRIN); 5 (inset) NASA;