Vocabulary

• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• have to: Must do
• touch down: (Of plane) to land on the ground
• space center: A facility dedicated to space exploration, research, and development.
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• burn through: To use up a supply of something, especially money, very quickly.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• shut off: To stop the movement of something, such as water
• turn on
• check out
• green light
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• set up
• bring back: To cause to remember
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• out of gas: Having no more gasoline in the tank of a vehicle.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• without a hitch: Without any problems or difficulties; smoothly.
• climb down: To descend, especially from a height, using your hands and feet.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• take it easy
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• by George: An old-fashioned exclamation to express surprise or emphasis.
• cast off: To release the ropes holding a boat in place, allowing it to begin its journey.
• at large: (of a person or animal, especially one that is dangerous) not captured; free.
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• owing to: Due to
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• die out: To disappear completely; to become extinct
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• step off: To leave or move away from a place or situation, often used as a command.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• leave: To go away from; depart
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
• hour: 60 minutes
• open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• part: Division of a book
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• showering: To wash your body under running water
• moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• fill: To make something full
• prepared: To make something ready for use
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• call: A order or request for action
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• pointed: To face a certain direction, e.g. north
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• ship: Large boat
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• land: Region or country
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• atmosphere: Air around us
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• burn: To destroy with fire
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• landing: To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• wrist: Part where your hand joins your arm
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
• outer: Far away
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• flawlessly: Having no imperfections or errors
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• crater: Large hole in ground caused by heavy impact
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• module: Part or unit with a specific job or function
• bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
• lander: A space vehicle that is designed to land on the moon or another planet
• moonwalk: Kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot
• coalesce: To come to grow together as one mass
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• bedrock: Fundamental idea underlying a concept
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano