Vocabulary

• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• have to: Must do
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• fall away: Slowly lessen your friendship with someone
• by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
• without a doubt: Certainly; definitely.
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• aside from
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• material: Cloth; fabric
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• amount: Quantity of something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• civilization: A highly developed society
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• exert: To make something have an effect on something else
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
• point: An item to be discussed
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• carriage: Vehicle on wheels, usually pulled by a horse
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• weak: Not having a strong character
• tether: To restrain with a rope; tie down; tie up
• corrosion: Deterioration in metals caused by chemical action
• payload: Part of guided missile containing the explosive
• spaceflight: Voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere
• spaceport: Place where spacecraft park