Year 5 Reading Challenge Autumn 1

Hi, Year 5! Are you ready to take on our first reading challenge of the year?

Select the challenges you want to attempt below:

Bronze:

Silver:

Gold:

During Autumn 1, we have been learning about recounts and making them as effective as we can. You will need to carry out some research into the moon landing and then write a recount, choosing a challenge from the list below.

 Write a catchy headline and an introductory paragraph (using the five W’s: Who, What, Where, When, Why)

Platinum:

Write a newspaper report using journalistic language and include at least one quote from the time. (You will need to do some research).

67 responses to “Year 5 Reading Challenge Autumn 1”

  1. Miski M.

    Bronze:
    Neil was born on 5th August 1930.
    On September in 1962, Neil Armstrong was accepted to be a astronaut at NASA.
    On 16 September in 1969, Apollo 11 mission began with Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Micheal Collins.
    On 20 September in1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon before Buzz aldrin.
    A pen and his calmness and resilience.
    Silver
    The astronauts that took part in the Apollo 11 mission where called Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong.
    During the time of the travelling,Neil noticed they were landing in an unsafe area so he took all control of the spacecraft.
    Their time was limited because NASA doesn’t know how long it will last.
    I think that 600 million people watched because it was an event in life and this was the first time this happened.
    I think the landing could have been dangerous because they could run out of fuel at any moment or it can malfunction in space.

  2. Raiyan K.

    Bronze
    1.He was born 5th August 1930
    2.In 1962 Neil accepted to join NASA
    3.July 16th 1969,the Apollo 11 has started
    4.20th July Neil was the first person to step foot on the moon .

  3. Rir K.

    Bronze:
    Neil Armstrong was born in 5ᵗʰ August 1930.
    𝐎𝐧 𝟐𝟎ᵗʰ 𝐣𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧.
    𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟐 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬.
    𝟏𝟔ᵗʰ 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟗 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝟏𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐧.
    𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝.

  4. Mohammed S.

    Bronze
    _______________________________________________________
    Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930.
    _______________________________________________________
    On September 1962 Neil Armstrong was accepted into NASA.
    _______________________________________________________
    On the 20th of July Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon.
    _______________________________________________________
    On the 16th of July the Apollo 11 mission began.
    _______________________________________________________
    What helped Neil was that he never have up on his dreams and he would never even think about giving up.
    _______________________________________________________
    Silver
    _______________________________________________________
    On board of the ship was Neil Armstrong, Micheal Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.
    One thing that tells us that the moon landing was unsafe is that is says in the text:
    “During the decent Niel noticed that they were heading to an unsafe landing area so he took manual control of The Eagle”.
    Around 600million people watched the moon landing because it was the first ever time that mankind had visited the moon (which lasted 2 and a half hours.
    They were unsure how long they could stay in space because temperature on the moon is so high that they (NASA) did not want to risk a life or take the risk of 1 of the crew members fainting of passing out.
    In my opinion the most dangerous part of the Pollo 11 mission was the take off because there were thousands of people watching the space ship take off then if something went wrong and the space ship exploded then the explosions could have taken lives of a lot of people.

  5. Lucas R.

    Bronze
    Neil Armstrong was born on 5th August 1930.

    Neil became the first person on the moon/20th July 1969

    Neil was accepted to the NASA
    Astronaut Corps/September 1962

    The Apollo 11 mission began/16th July 1969

    Silver

    Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin and Michael Collins took part in the Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong.

    Why were NASA unsure how long the spacesuits would cope with the high temperatures on the Moon? The temperature was upto 100 degrees Celsius.

  6. Kirtan P.

    Bronze:
    1.Neil armsrong was born in 5th august 1930.
    2.
    in september 1962 – apollo mission began.
    16th july 1969 – neil was accsepted to the nasa astrnots crops.

  7. Yedullah S.

    Bronze
    Neil was born on 5th August 1930
    September 1962- Neil Armstrong was accepted to become an astronaut at NASA

    16 September 1969-The Apollo 11 mission began with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the Saturn V Spacecraft

    20 September 1969-Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon followed by Buzz Aldrin

    A pen as it helped the crew start takeoff.
    His calmness and resilience
    Silver
    The astronauts that took part in the Apollo 11 mission include Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong.

    During the descent, Neil noticed they were landing in an unsafe area so he took manual control of the spacecraft.

    Their time was limited because NASA wasn’t sure how long the spacesuits would last.

    I think that 600 million people watched because it was an extraordinary event in history and it was the first time on a different planet

    I think the landing could have been the met dangerous because they could run out of fuel at any moment if a sudden fault may occur

    Gold
    Men Visit Moon!
    On 20 September, Neil Armstrong visited the moon to discover more about the moon and as well become the first man on the moon

  8. Maddox B.

    Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of august 1930.
    In in September 1962 Neil was accepted to the NASA astronaut corps.
    on the 16th of July apollo, 11 started
    on 20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
    neil was calm in difficult situations because he had a lot of knowledge also he stayed calm even when he was scared and he faced his fears

  9. Lexi M.

    1) Neil Armstrong was born
    on the 5th of August 1930.

    2) when it was September 1962 Neil got acepted into NASA.

    3)On the 16th of July he became the first man on the moon.

    4)buzz aldrin and Micheal Collins.

  10. Seher A.

    Bronze:
    1:Neil Armstrong was born on 5th August 1930.
    2: 2)16th July 1969 the Apollo mission began.
    20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon.
    On September 1962 Neil Armstrong was excepted into the NASA Astronaut corp.
    3: Being calm and resilient he was able to fly.
    Silver:4: peapole that went to space with Neil are (edwin)(Buzz)(Aldrin and Michael Collins)went to space for the Apollo 11 mission.

  11. Sanad S.

    Bronze challenge

    1)5th August 1930

    2)In September 1962 Neil was accepted to the NASA Astronaut corps.

    On 16th July 1969 the apollo 11 mission began.

    On the 20th July 1969 Neil became the first person on the moon.

    3)The flying lessons, had experience and was calm and resilient.

    Silver challenge

    1)It was Edwin Buzzard Michael Collins.

    2)It needed fuel.

    3)Because of the limited time and the temperature on the moon was 100 degrees celsius.

    4)Because it was a very important occasion of the first person on earth to put their foot on the surface of the moon.

    5)When it was time to leave the moon and when they were heading to an unsafe landing area.

  12. Minaal A.

    Bronze
    1) Neil Amstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930.
    2)September 1962 Neil Armstrong was accepted to the Nasa actranout corps.
    16th July 1969 the Apollo 11 mission began.
    20th July 1969 Neil became the first person on the moon.
    3)the two thing that helped him fly was resilient and calm.
    Silver
    4)Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins took part with Neil amstrong.
    5)they were unsure because Neil was the first person on the moon.
    6)there where 600 million people watching because they wanted to see who would win the space race.
    7) the part that was dangerous is going to the moon because they need to make sure they had enough fuel to go to the moon because of they didn’t they would been stuck in space.
    Gold
    All about the moon!

    When the Apollo 11 starts you need to make sure you have enough fuel because of you run out of fuel you will be stuck in space so you need to make sure you have the right amount of fuel to go to the moon and come back but when you reach the most dangerous and fears thing is landing on the moon because of you do even one mistake you will crash so you need to make sure you land on the moon slow and steady otherwise will crash and have nothing to go back .com where you came from so you need to make sure you be careful and make not even one mistake wile landing.
    It took men 4 days to get to the moon.
    Buzz Aldrin took communion on the moon.on July 20,1969,millions of people gathered around there televisions to watch two U.S. astronauts do something no one has ever done before also back in the middle of the 1960s they did not have TVs so what they did every day is go to dips and watch it from there they had really small tv’s that they had to watch on and so many people had to gather around to see on the small tv when they did the space race three men would go in the Apollo 11 just to get to the moon the first man to go on the moon was Neil Amstrong.

  13. Muhammad R.

    I have done it in my homework book

  14. Sarah A.

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    𝟙) ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕣𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝟝𝕥𝕙 𝔸𝕦𝕘𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝟙𝟡𝟛𝟘.
    𝟚) 𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟡𝟞𝟚 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 ℕ𝔸𝕊𝔸 .
    𝟙𝟞𝕥𝕙 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝟙𝟡𝟞𝟡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕟.
    𝟚𝟘𝕥𝕙 𝕁𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝟙𝟡𝟞𝟡 ℕ𝕖𝕚𝕝 𝔸𝕣𝕞𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟.
    𝟛) ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕤𝕠 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕥 𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤.

    S͟i͟l͟v͟e͟r͟
    𝟜) 𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕦𝕫𝕫 𝔸𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 .
    𝟝) 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕒𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟.
    𝟞) 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕟.
    𝟟) 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕪𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪.
    𝟠) 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝔼𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕙.

  15. Ramarni J.

    I did this in my homework book like my teacher told my class to do. My class is 5 blue

  16. Mohamed E.

    Bronze-
    1:Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th August 1930.
    2:September 1962 Neil was accepted to the NASA Astronaut Corps.
    On the 16th July 1969 The Apollo 11 mission began.
    On the 20th July 1969 Neil became the first man on the moon.
    3: The two things that helped him in difficult situations were being calm and resilient.
    Silver-
    4:Buzz Aldrin
    5: The Eagle did not land automatically because it said that the ignition switch was broken so they used the part of a pen to fix it.
    6: They were unsure because he was the first person on the moon.
    7: Because he was the first person on the moon.
    8: When there was a danger of the fuel running out

  17. Abdul Y.

    BRONZE
    1.Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th August 1930.
    2.September 1962 Neil was accepted to the NASA Astronaut Corps.
    16th July 1969 The Apollo 11 mission began.
    20th July 1969. Neil became the first man on the moon.
    3.
    -Having manual flight
    -Having a pen for the ignition switch
    SILVER
    4.Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins went to the moon with Neil Armstrong to the Moon.
    5.”Tranquillity base here. The eagle has landed.”
    6.NASA were unsure about the spacesuits because they were on the Moon for two and half hours and it was 100 degrees Celsius on the Moon.
    7.I think around 600,000,000 (600 million) people were watching TV because they were exited that the first man was going to the moon.
    8.I think that the most dangerous part was landing because they could have landed in the wrong place.

  18. Tipian I.

    ✨Bronze✨:
    1.Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930.
    2.On the 16th of July 1969 the allpo mission was on.on the 20th Neil Armstrong landed on the moon 🌕🌚.
    September 1962 he was accepted in the NASA astronaut corps.👨‍🚀
    3.Two things that help Neil fly safely in different conditions was he was calm ✈️ when things weren’t right and resilient 🌟.
    _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
    ✨Silver✨:
    1.The two people that took part in the journey was Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. 👬
    2.”Tranquillity base here. The Eagle has landed. “🦅Can you guess who quoted it?
    3.He was the first person on the moon 🌕 🌚 and he went to the moon once.
    4.lots of people watched it because he was literally the first man 👨 on the moon and this was the only live moments.
    5.In my opinion it was the part when he was landing because I think of gas ⛽
    issues or something like that in general even NASA said they were landing unsafe.
    ✨Gold✨:
    landing lasting in space
    what :
    we are talking about Neil Armstrong in space.
    who:
    Neil Armstrong was the first man 👨 in space.
    why:
    He went to space in a race against Russia Neil was supporting America.
    when :
    Around 16th August 1969.
    where:
    To space. 👨‍🚀

  19. Rayyana M.

    Gold
    WHO US WINNING ?

    At the moment USA and USSR are having a bet on first person on the moon . They are testing technology to find the perfect spacecraft. This all started shortly after world war 2 . Who do you want to win?

  20. Adam J.

    EARTH TO MOON
    It Was a glorious moment on the 16th July when the spacecraft launched no one could see since a gigantic smoke came underneath the rocket engines big enough to make a fog then everyone started to cheer the members of the crew Buzz Aldrin ,Neil Armstrong and Michel Collins people had to stand outside the space center to see the launch everyone was relived since they won space race against Russia that is why they went to the moon.

  21. Bakary C.

    Bronze
    Neil Armstrong was born on 5th August 1930.
    16 th July 1969 The Apollo 11 mission began .
    20th September 1969 Neil Armstrong was the fist ever person to step on the moon . September 1962 Neil was accepted by the NASA Astronaut Crops.
    He remained calm in stressful situations and was a resilienc

  22. Adam J.

    Bronze
    1.Neil Armstrong was born in 5th August 1930.
    2. September 1962 Neil was accepted to the NASA Astronaut corpse.
    16th July 1969 The Apollo 11 mission began.
    2Oth July 1969 Neil became the first person on the moon.
    The things that help Neil Armstrong was that he was calm and resilient and also he flew more over 200 aircraft’s.
    Silver
    The people who took part of the Apollo 11 mission was Michael Collins and Edwin Buzz Aldrin.
    Buzz and Neil entered the Lunar model to travel to the moons surface.
    They were unsure because they had limited time on the moon.
    because the space race against Russia was hard if they didn’t do Russia would win the space race also a extremely historical moment.
    I think it was the beginning because thousand of people were at the launch and if they never were careful most of them would of died also at that time televisions were expensive so they had to share so it kind of a waste of their time since it was about a week or so.

  23. Ayaan M.

    Bronze:
    1) 5th August 1930.
    2) Neil became first person on the moon on 16 July
    1969.
    3)Neil was accepted to Nasa Astronaut corps on the 20th July 1969.
    Silver:
    4) He also came with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
    5) The phrase that tells the Eagle wouldn’t land Automatically was being on low fuel.
    6)They were unsure because Neil Armstrong was the first person ever on the moon.
    7) 600 million people were watching this because they wanted to know if it would land and also because history was happening.
    8) The most dangerous part of the mission was flying in the rocket because i could of exploded or ran out of fuel and crash onto 🌎.
    Gold:
    The first man ever on the moon!
    Early this morning the first ever landed on the moon had been successful. The people on board were Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin and Michael collins. They had landed on the moon on 16th July 1969and the first man to step out from the spaceship onto the moon was Neil Armstrong.
    Platinum:
    THE FIRST EVER MOON LANDING BOYS
    By Ayaan Masood:
    Hello today everyone today we will be interested in the apollo 11 which right now is on the way to the moon🌑.
    The passengers on board were Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael collins. The apollo 11 is USA hope right now to win the space race against the USSR.
    They have been on the rocket for about 1 hour 45 minutes and 59 seconds and they are having a hard time.
    2nd paragraph:
    Apollo 11 is the only rocket that has gone this far the other rockets from apollo 1 to apollo 10 they all had failed except from the apollo 8 launch which had made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space.
    The people in the rocket have been flying smoothly but scientists and the people in USA are worried that something might go wrong.
    3rd paragraph:
    Some people have been talking on the video and have said.
    “I hope this goes well and doesn’t fail once again.”
    Other people have said.
    ” this has to be it we can’t fail again! ”
    Will they make it?
    That’s it for today so stay tuned.

  24. Aro M.

    Bronz
    Neil Amstron was born on 5th August 1930
    16th July 1969 Apollo misstion began
    20th July first man landed on the moon
    September 1969 he accepted as an astrnaut in NASA
    he remain calm and resilint in adiffeclt stiuation

  25. Ammara K.

    Bronze
    1. Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930 in the state of Ohio, USA.
    2.September 1962-Neil was accepted to the NASA astronaut corps.
    16th July 1969-The Apollo 11 mission began.
    20th July 1969 – Neil became the 1st person on the moon.
    3. Neil stayed calm and resilient in difficult situations.
    Silver
    4. Edwin, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins
    6. Because the temperature was more than 100 degrees celsius.
    7. I think 600 million people watched this because if they made it to the moon, they would be the first people to walk on the moon.
    8. I think the most dangerous part was walking on the moon because it was too hot.

  26. Jensen C.

    Bronze

    5th August, 1930
    September 1962 Niel was expected to NASA astronaut corps
    July 16 1969 Apollo mission begins
    July 20 1969 moon landing

    1. Jensen C.

      Part of pen and manual control.

      1. Jensen C.

        Gold

        Over The Moon With Excitement

        Today, the Apollo 11 rocket has landed Niel Armstrong and his team on the moon to beat the space race.

  27. Noor A.

    Bronze
    Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930.
    On the 16th of July 1969 the apollo mission began.
    20th July 1969 he became first man on the moon.
    When he was calm he surprisingly managed to fly in difficult times.

  28. Hudayifah A.

    Gold:
    Could it be the first man on moon?
    In July 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first person to land on the moon after the launch in the Kennedy space centre!They just took of right now and they are heading into space, it is difficult to fly a space ship and we don’t know anything more about it so let’s see what happens next.

  29. Khadija A.

    Bronze:
    1)Neil Armstrong was born on5th August 1930.
    2)16th July 1969 the Apollo mission began.
    20th July 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon.
    September 1962 Neil Armstrong was accepted in the NASA Astronaut corp.
    3)when he was calm and resilient he could fly in difficult situations.

  30. Markuss B.

    1. Neil Armstrong was born on the 5th of August 1930.
    2. On September 1962 Neil was accepted to NASA astronaut corp.
    On the 16 of July 1969, the Appolo mission began.
    On the 20th of July 1969, Neil became the first person on the Moon.
    3. He had good eyesight and could see the unsafe landing.
    And he was very good at steering the heavy ship.
    Silver
    4. During the mission, 2 people helped him. Their names are Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
    5. Once they reached the Moon’s orbit.
    6. they were unsure because they thought the suits might burn to the high 100 degrees Celsius.
    7. over 600 million watched television because then it was a very special event and lots of people didn’t have the money to go there so, they had to watch tv.
    8. I think the landing was the most dangerous because what if the ship was broke and they couldn’t get back to Earth?

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