Vocabulary

• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• fend off: To defend and keep (threats) at distance
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• conduct: Your behavior
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• awe: To feel admiration, respect, or fear
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• collaborative: Working with others to complete a task
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• fend: To try to manage for yourself without assistance
• propulsion: Forward movement often under power
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• pier: Strong post that helps support something
• endeavour: To attempt or make effort to do something
• reentry: Act of entering again