The Challenge (2023 film)

High school (ages 12+)
Space & Astronomy

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-challenge-2023-film

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary location?International Space Station (ISS), a multinational collaborative project
2. What is the core narrative focus?Astronauts confronting and resolving a critical emergency situation aboard the ISS
3. What is "The Challenge" about?It is a 2023 film that follows astronauts on the International Space Station as they face a serious crisis and work together to keep everyone safe.
4. Where does the film take place?All the action happens inside the International Space Station, a huge space habitat about the size of a football field.

Microgravity: The condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless, experienced in space.
Spaceflight: The travel of spacecraft or humans into outer space.
International Cooperation in Space: Collaborative efforts between nations on space missions and research, exemplified by the ISS.