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Speaker 1: Welcome to Lively Lewis Stories. Buckle up because you're about

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Speaker 1: to join Levi and Ivy on an adventure.

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Speaker 2: All you need is your imagination an off we Go

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Speaker 2: revey Larius Stories. It was Levi's turn to get the mail.

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Speaker 1: He skipped down the driveway and opened the mailbox, expecting

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Speaker 1: to find lots of sales, ads and letters addressed for

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Speaker 1: his mom and dad, But much to his surprise, he

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Speaker 1: saw a large envelope addressed to him and his sister Ivy.

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Speaker 1: It looked official. Running inside, he yelled for Ivy to

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Speaker 1: come see. She dropped the marker she was using to

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Speaker 1: tell her a picture of the Solar System, and she

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Speaker 1: went to find out what Levi was so excited about.

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Speaker 2: Look, Ivy's We've said.

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Speaker 1: Tearing into the envelope, rip went the paper fall into

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Speaker 1: the kitchen floor.

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Speaker 2: A letter, A letter, Ivy exclaimed, I love getting letters. Hurry, Levi,

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Speaker 2: I read it.

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Speaker 1: Levi unfolded the page and read aloud, congratulations, you have

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Speaker 1: formally been accepted into the Junior Space Program at NASA.

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Speaker 1: Included as a link to our website where you can

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Speaker 1: learn all about your upcoming space adventure.

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Speaker 2: We are looking forward to.

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Speaker 1: Meeting you both. Ivy jumped up and down, her pigtails

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Speaker 1: flying in the air.

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Speaker 2: We're going to space camp. We're going to space camp.

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Speaker 2: She did a little dance in the middle of the kitchen.

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Speaker 2: Levi yelled, woohoo, watch out, NASA, the Levi Nator is

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Speaker 2: on his way.

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Speaker 1: Their mom came into the room, wondering what the commotion

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Speaker 1: was all about. We are going to space camp, the

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Speaker 1: kids yelled in unison. Quickly they showed her the letter. Wow, guys,

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Speaker 1: she said, hugging them both.

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Speaker 2: This is awesome. Let's all tell dad about it at dinner.

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Speaker 2: When their father.

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Speaker 1: Read the letter, he gave them a big crowd smile

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Speaker 1: and said, well, I suppose we better log into NASA's

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Speaker 1: site find out what to expect. The kids gobbled down

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Speaker 1: their dinner in a hurry when they're vegetables, and ran

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Speaker 1: to the den to learn all about the Junior Space Program.

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Speaker 1: On the website, they found a packing list and a

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Speaker 1: study list. We have to study, Levi said, a bit disappointed.

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Speaker 1: Study What iv as scratching your head? Well, their dad explained,

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Speaker 1: the Junior Space Program helps kids learn more about STEM,

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Speaker 1: which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Map. You two

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Speaker 1: need to spend the next week reading books, doing projects,

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Speaker 1: and learning everything you can about stem got it, they shouted,

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Speaker 1: giving their data high five. Over the next week, Levi

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Speaker 1: and Ivy studied hard. They checked out stacks and stacks

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Speaker 1: of books from the library. They pretended to be astronauts

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Speaker 1: in their backyard treehouse. They did fund crafts and experiments

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Speaker 1: at the kitchen table, and they watched every space documentary

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Speaker 1: they could find. Finally, the day had come for them

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Speaker 1: to go to space camp. They put their suitcases by

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Speaker 1: the door and sat down to wait for their mom

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Speaker 1: to get ready. In a flash, they were standing in

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Speaker 1: front of the Kennedy Space Center. Levi's eyes were as

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Speaker 1: big as saucers. Everything looked so cool. Ivy looked around

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Speaker 1: Once inside, their instructor led them into a giant space

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Speaker 1: be learning.

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Speaker 2: They would be learning how to put on a space suit,

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Speaker 2: what it felt like to float in space. When the

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Speaker 2: next mission to the Moon was in a blink of

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Speaker 2: an eye, Levi and Ivy found themselves in space suits.

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Speaker 1: They didn't realize how many parts there were to an

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Speaker 1: astronaut's suit. The pieces were a cooling garment made of

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Speaker 1: spandex and water tubes, a hard upper torso that connected

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Speaker 1: the inner suit to the portable life support system. A

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Speaker 1: lower torso assembly which included pants and boots, gloves, and

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Speaker 1: piece of the suit was needed to explore space safely.

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Speaker 1: Trying to walk in their spacesuits was a challenge, but

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Speaker 1: they soon forgot all about it when they got to

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Speaker 1: climb into a space simulator and experience what it would

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Speaker 1: be like to be in actual space floating wit Ivy said,

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Speaker 1: doing somersaults in mid air. Watch this, Levi shouted as

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Speaker 1: Once they got seated at the control panel, they took

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Speaker 1: a virtual mission across the galaxy. They saw the Big Dipper,

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Speaker 1: the Little Dipper, the planets, and even the outer edge

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Speaker 2: They were experts. Before they knew it.

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Speaker 1: Space camp had come to an end and it was

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Speaker 1: and said, it has been an amazing week with all

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Speaker 1: of you. However, there are two junior space cadets who

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Speaker 1: have stood out among the rest, Ivy and Levi. You

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Speaker 1: have been chosen to be our very first children to

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Speaker 1: go to space.

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Speaker 2: Congratulation.

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Speaker 1: The room erupted with cheers and applause for the two

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Speaker 2: Levi looked at Ivy in total surprise. We're going to space, he.

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Speaker 1: Mouthed to a sister above the noise. Immediately, the kids

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Speaker 1: found themselves in space suits made just for them. They

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Speaker 1: even had their names embroidered on the front. Climbing into

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Speaker 1: the rocket, they expertly navigated the controls as they had

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Speaker 2: Within moments they launched into space.

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Speaker 1: The spacecraft shook, rattled, vibrated, and zoomed through the atmosphere,

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Speaker 1: taking the kids on what felt like the wildest roller

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Speaker 1: coaster right they had ever been on. Then, as the

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Speaker 1: spacecraft finally settled into orbit, Levi and Ivy opened their

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Speaker 2: Earth looked just like the.

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Speaker 1: Spinning globe in their classroom. Through the galaxy they traveled,

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Speaker 1: catching glimpses of comets, asteroids, and all eight planets along

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Speaker 1: spinning clockwise, the opposite direction than all the other planets. Third,

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Speaker 1: the kids orbited Mars, the famous red planet that was

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Speaker 1: in all the movies. Levi had always wanted to go

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Speaker 1: to Mars. Jupiter was next, a giant gas planet was

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Speaker 1: swirling clouds. It was beautiful to look at, but Ivy

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Speaker 1: and Levi did not want to get caught in Jupiter storms. Suddenly,

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Speaker 1: Ivy pointed and said, look, Levi, it's Saturn.

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Speaker 2: Look at all the rings.

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Speaker 1: Sure enough, there was Saturn, just like the kids imagined

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Speaker 1: it to be. Next, Uranus and Neptune came into view.

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Speaker 1: They were known as the ice planets, and they were

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Speaker 2: Ivy thought it.

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Speaker 1: Was the prettiest blue she'd ever seen. Lastly, their space

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Speaker 1: adventure took them to a tiny dwarf planet, Pluto. Levi

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Speaker 1: Pluto its name. When they got closer, they saw heart

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Speaker 2: It's an unknown geological formation.

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Speaker 1: He said, as you can see, we still have so

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Speaker 1: much to learn about Pluto and the universe beyond. As

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Speaker 1: the spacecraft took them back towards Earth, their instructor announced

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Speaker 2: Yay, the kids exclaimed.

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Speaker 1: They would be the first ever children to step foot

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Speaker 1: on the moon. Wouldn't their mom and dad be proud?

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Speaker 1: But just as they touched down, they heard their names

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Speaker 1: being called, Levi Ivy. Snapping out of their daydream, the

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Speaker 1: kids saw their mom looking at them with the car

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Speaker 1: keys in hand.

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Speaker 2: Are you ready to go to space camp?

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Speaker 1: She asked, looking at each other with big, knowing smiles.

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Speaker 1: The kids were more excited than ever before. Let's go,

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Speaker 1: they shouted, grabbing their suitcases. Junior Space Camp was going

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Speaker 1: to be the adventure of a lifetime. Did you learn

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Speaker 1: a less from this story?

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Speaker 2: He south? What was it? And parents, do your kids

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Speaker 1: chance to join Levi and Ivy on their next adventure.

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Speaker 2: Until next time, Thanks for listening. Come back for more