Vocabulary

• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• have to: Must do
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• on a par: Equal to someone or something
• usher in: To mark the start of something new; to introduce or initiate.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• set up
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• material: Cloth; fabric
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• spot: A certain place or area
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• require: To demand that someone does something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• ever: At any time; at all times in the future
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• encompass: To encircle; cover completely
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• exponential: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• electromagnetic: Having magnetic and electrical parts
• sphere: Area of interest or activity
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• beam: To send out information, signals, or light
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems
• astronomy: Study of stars and other bodies in space
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• polished: To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
• furnace: Container with hot fire for melting metal, etc.
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• brilliance: Great amount of skill or intelligence
• origami: Japanese art of folding paper into artistic shapes