Houston Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:15:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Houston Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Houston Astros Win Their First World Series https://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/11/05/houston-astros-win-first-world-series/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 03:15:14 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16476 The Houston Astros won the World Series, the biggest achievement in baseball each year, for the first time in their team's history.
They beat the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to three.
The Astros won the seventh game of the World Series 5 to 1 over the Dodgers on Nov. 1.
It was a hard-fought battle. The two teams were evenly matched. The fact that the World Series even went to seven games means that neither team ran away with the championship.
The Astros won game seven early. They got five points in the first two innings, putting them ahead of the Dodgers right from the start.

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]]> Want To Be An Astronaut? A New Post Has Just Opened Up https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/06/10/1-want-to-be-an-astronaut-a-new-post-has-just-opened-up/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:52:04 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=10721 Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield will soon be simply, “Mr. Hadfield.”

That’s because he has announced that he is resigning.

In this case, “resigning” means stopping his job as an astronaut.

Hadfield has been an astronaut for 35 years.

Recently, he gained wide popularity after sending photos and videos to Earth from the International Space Station.

Many people around the world enjoyed his tweets and Facebook posts from space.

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