Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• enterprise: A business or organization
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• public: Owned by the government
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• land: Region or country
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• theoretical: Concerning the unproved aspects of a subject
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• trek: Slow or difficult journey
• interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems
• shuttle: Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• physicist: Person who studies and works in physics
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• overview: A description of the main points; summary
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• gram: Metric unit of weight equal to 1/1000 of a kilo
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• fission: Form of nuclear energy where particles combine
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space
• antimatter: Matter consisting of elementary antiparticles
• voyager: Traveler to a distant land (especially by sea)