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I am learning to locate the main ideas within the text.

I will have been successful in my reading when:

• I have read each of these articles
• I have written two or three complete paragraphs to summarise the key ideas within these three articles.

Retrieval Questions:

1. What is the abbreviation for the International Space Station? ISS is the abbreviation for international space station
2. The International Space Station orbits the Earth how many times in a day? The ISS can orbit up to 16 time a day
3. How high above the Earth is the International Space Station’s orbit? 320 to 400 kilometers
4. Many countries have worked together to build the International Space Station. How number of countries does the article state? 16 countries including USA, Russia, Japan, Canada
5. Why is the International Space Station one of the brightest objects in the night sky? Its large solar panels make it one of the brightest objects in the night sky
6. What direction does the International Space Station move in? The international space station rises in the west and sets in the east this must mean it's moving east.
7. What is the main purpose behind the Columbus lab on the International Space Station? To study things that they can’t study on earth.
8. How did ‘Columbus’ get to the International Space Station?  Columbus was delivered to the ISS by Shuttle Atlantis and attached to the Harmony module on 11 February 2008.

Summary

The largest object ever put in orbit is the International Space made by 16 countries. The International space station is 400 to 320 kilometers above our heads. The International space station can orbit 16 times a day. Columbus was delivered to the ISS by Shuttle Atlantis and attached to the Harmony module. Scientists are also able to study in the Columbus lab. Some experiments take place outside Columbus, in open space.