1. “Hi – I am Tatakoto and I am from Tahiti”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

2. “Tahiti is an island in Polynesia. Can you find it on the map?
Tatakoto from Tahiti

3. At school we are learning about space. I read some space news stories”
“I love science.
At school we are learning about space.
I read some space news stories”
“I read about the final launch of the space shuttle Endeavour”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

4. “The Endeavour is connected with Tahiti!
In 1768 a British explorer called James Cook sailed a ship called the Endeavour to Tahiti”
“He took scientists to
look at the planet Venus”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

5. “The work they did allowed astronomers to find the distance of the Sun from the Earth”
“COOL”
“That is how the space
shuttle got its name!”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

6. “I found out that Astronomers have discovered a young galaxy that formed just 200 million years after the Big Bang!”
“I found out about meteor showers. They are bits of comets raining down on earth”
“It is all so amazing”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

7. “I look up at the stars now and I wonder.
What might be happening billions of miles away?”
“We may not be alone in this universe.
We must keep searching”
Tatakoto from Tahiti

8. “I think we need to keep researching into space.
We need to look to the future”
Tatakoto from Tahiti