Vocabulary

• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• due to: Because of; owing to
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• got to: To arrive at some place
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• have to: Must do
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• strike: To hit something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• terminology: Specific words and expressions used in a field
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
• datum: Item of factual information
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• call: A order or request for action
• ship: Large boat
• manager: Person who controls and runs a business or group
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• pluto: A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• kilometer: A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters
• computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
• bowman: Person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow