adjective

relating to the science or business of building and flying planes and space vehicles

a US space programme that sent rockets into space in the 1960s and 1970s and put the first man on the Moon

noun

someone who travels and works in space

if a spaceship blasts off, it leaves the ground

noun

the moment when a spacecraft leaves the ground

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an extra engine on a spacecraft that gives it enough power to leave the Earth’s atmosphere

the home of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida where US space vehicles and missiles are launched into space

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the part of a space vehicle in which people travel

noun

a piece of equipment sent into space that travels around the Earth and passes television, radio, and telephone signals from one place to another

noun

an astronaut in the Russian space programme

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an aircraft or space vehicle

verb

if a spacecraft docks, it joins to another spacecraft while they are still in space

noun

the route that an aircraft, space vehicle, or missile follows as it travels through the air

noun

a flight by a spaceship past a planet

noun

a round flat object believed to be a spacecraft from another planet

noun

a large structure that is used to build and repair a rocket or other space vehicle

adjective

a geostationary satellite appears to remain in the same place, because it travels at the same speed as the Earth

adjective

travelling or happening between different galaxies (=large groups of stars)

adjective

travelling or taking place between different planets

verb

to send a missile, space vehicle, satellite, or other object into the air or into space

noun

the act of sending a missile, space vehicle, satellite, or other object into the air or into space

noun

the surface from which a missile, space vehicle etc is sent into the air or into space

when an aircraft or space vehicle lifts off, it goes up from the ground into the air

noun

the time when a space vehicle goes up from the ground into the air

noun

a small vehicle used in space for travelling between a large spacecraft and the moon

adjective

a manned space vehicle or aircraft has people on it who operate it

noun

a flight into space

noun

a group of people who control a space flight from the ground, or the place where they do this

noun

a part of a space vehicle that is used separately to do a particular job

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: a government organization in the US responsible for space research

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a spacecraft or satellite that is designed to travel continuously around a planet or other object in space but not to land on it

noun

a flat hard area where helicopters take off and land or where rockets are launched into space

noun

the equipment or people in a space vehicle

noun

the part of a space vehicle that can be separated from the main part

noun

a space probe

noun

the moment when a spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere again

noun

a vehicle shaped like a tube that travels in space. A rocket is launched when it is sent up from the ground into the sky.

noun

a small vehicle used by astronauts for travelling on the surface of a planet

noun

an object that is sent into space to travel round the Earth in order to receive and send information

noun

a large vehicle, especially a spacecraft

noun

a space shuttle

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the process by which a plane or a space vehicle comes down to the ground in a gentle and safe way

noun

the period that began when people first started to travel into space

noun

a small space vehicle in which astronauts return to Earth from space

noun

a vehicle that can travel in space

noun

a journey into space

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an astronaut

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a vehicle containing cameras and other equipment that is sent into space to collect information and send it back to Earth

noun

a spacecraft

noun

a vehicle that travels into space and back to Earth and lands like a plane

noun

a laboratory in space that people can live in for long periods of time

noun

a set of clothes that allows someone to move and breathe in space

noun

an occasion when an astronaut goes outside the spacecraft in space, for example to repair something

noun

a female astronaut

when a space vehicle splashes down, it lands in the sea after being in space

noun

in science fiction stories, a large vehicle that can travel very long distances in space

adjective

a suborbital space flight travels some of the way but not all of the way round the Earth

noun

an occasion when a plane or rocket (=vehicle for travelling into space) is flown for the first time in order to test its equipment

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an engine on a spacecraft or aircraft that controls in what direction and how high it flies

if an aircraft or space vehicle touches down, it lands

noun

a place where scientists check and record the movements of space vehicles and satellites

noun

someone who is very interested in space and in books and films about space