Vocabulary

• along with: In addition to; together with.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• team building: The action or process of causing a team to work together more effectively.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• look back: To think about past events
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• have to: Must do
• lift off: To take off vertically, as a rocket or helicopter.
• space center: A facility dedicated to space exploration, research, and development.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• further out: At a greater distance; more distant.
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• go on: To continue doing something
• check out
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• conduct: Your behavior
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• microbial: Concerning, involving or caused by being microbes
• countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
• equitable: Fair for all people involved
• galactic: Concerning a galaxy
• falcon: Fast-flying hunting bird
• payload: Part of guided missile containing the explosive
• proctor: Official with responsibility for discipline
• spaceflight: Voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere