Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• look up to: To respect or admire someone
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• send up: To make fun of by Imitating
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• go higher: To increase or rise to a greater level.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• look back: To think about past events
• deal with
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• interactive: Acting or influencing others
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• comprise: To be made up of (different parts)
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• latitude: Distance north or south of equator shown by a line
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• utilitarian: Intended to be useful; plain; practical
• datum: Item of factual information
• telescope: Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance
• add: To include as well
• synthesize: To combine different things into a new form
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• longitude: Distance measured from North Pole to South Pole
• python: A large snake that crushes its victims
• vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction
• voltage: Measured force of electricity
• archery: Sport of shooting arrows with a bow
• terabyte: Unit of 1024 gigabytes of information
• girly: Acting like a girl; typical of girls
• lego: Child's plastic construction set
• launcher: Device capable of putting a rocket in the air
• supercomputer: Very powerful computer