Space and Space travel Part two
pod
part of a spacecraft that can be disengaged from the main
probe
a spacecraft without people in the mission that gets information and sends to the earth station
rocket
a spacecraft in the shape of a long, hollow cylinder that is driven by a stream of gases ejected from behind
satellite
a vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body for collecting information.
spacecraft
a vehicle that travels in space
spaceman
a man who travels into space
space probe
a spacecraft without people on board
spaceship
a vehicle that travels in space carrying people
space shuttle
a spacecraft devised to make journeys frequently between the earth and a space station
space station
a large artificial structure sent into space and remains above the earth to serve as a base for scientific observation
spacesuit
a suit equipped with life-supporting facilities that cover the whole body and have a supply of air, allowing somebody to survive and move around in space
spacewalk
the duration that an astronaut spends in space outside a spacecraft
spacewoman
a woman who travels into space
sputnik
earth-orbiting satellites launched by the then Soviet Union from 1957
take-off noun
the moment of the ascent of an aircraft
take off phrasal verb
to leave the ground and begin to fly
voyage
a long expedition by sea or in space
weightlessness
the fact of having or appearing to have no weight due to lack of gravity
