Vocabulary

• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• set up
• fly up: To ascend or rise quickly into the air.
• emergency response: The actions taken to deal with an unexpected and dangerous event.
• further out: At a greater distance; more distant.
• going on: To continue doing something
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• check out
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• strike: To hit something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• atmosphere: Air around us
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• require: To demand that someone does something
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• nudge: To touch or push something gently
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• noggin: A human head
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• defense: Argument in support of something
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• hyper: Very excited or active
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• pat: Person's name
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• part: Division of a book
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• burn: To destroy with fire
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
• theatrical: Done in a dramatic way, so that people notice
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• mitigation: Act of making less severe or serious
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• comet: Moving object in space, with a long, bright tail
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• tractor: Powerful (farm) vehicle with large back wheels
• detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
• warhead: Part of the missile that contains the explosive
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages