Vocabulary

• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• military: Army or armed forces
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• ceiling: Top part of a room above your head
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• commander: Person with authority who commands or controls
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
• overview: A description of the main points; summary
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• keystone: Central building block at the top of an arch
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)