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Space Exploration

Space Exploration. Key Vocabulary E. Martinez, Nightingale MS. astronaut. person trained to be a crew member of a spacecraft. gravity. force that pulls things toward the center of the earth. launch. send off. Manned Maneuvering Unit.

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Space Exploration

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  1. Space Exploration Key Vocabulary E. Martinez, Nightingale MS

  2. astronaut • person trained to be a crew member of a spacecraft

  3. gravity • force that pulls things toward the center of the earth

  4. launch • send off

  5. Manned Maneuvering Unit • powered backpack that allows an astronaut to travel freely in space

  6. orbit • travel in a close curve around an object in space

  7. routine monitoring and maintenance • checking regularly that things are working and keeping them in good repair

  8. satellite • man-made object that revolves around another object in space

  9. scientific testing and experimentation • orderly examination and observation

  10. smoke-detention system • device that alerts people when there is smoke in the air

  11. space laboratory • place in space where scientific tests are done

  12. spacecraft • vehicle designed for flight in space

  13. tether • attach by a rope or cord

  14. weightlessness • state or condition of seeming to be without weight

  15. Bibliography • http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/sats/images/gravity.gif • http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/early_childhood/wordofweek/space/orbit.gif • http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040917/040917_spacefix_hlg_7p.h2.jpg • http://www.spacetoday.org/images/Sats/MilSats/GPSbig.jpg • http://www.lifehack.org/wp-content/files/2007/08/researcher.png

  16. Bibliography continued… • http://www.anaheim.net/depts_servc/fire/com_svc/smoked2.gif • http://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus_clip_image001.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Mir-71.jpg/800px-Mir-71.jpg • http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucesgvd/tether.jpg • http://www.bethinhawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/IMG_1897_4_1.JPG • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Astronauts_in_weightlessness.jpg/800px-Astronauts_in_weightlessness.jpg

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