42. space 1 Flashcards
an important assignment carried out for political, religious, or commercial purposes, typically involving travel.
Modest EU #missions have been sent to Macedonia, Bosnia and the Congo.
a material thing that can be seen and touched.
It is all a bit sci-fi and cosmic, but somehow the surface never stops reminding you that this is a material #object , something made with the hand and the eye and the body’s own chemistry.
a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
There are reckoned to be about 400 billion stars in our #galaxy, the Milky Way.
occurring or situated between stars.
Come on, did you suspect that the smell of rotten eggs might one day lead to practical #interstellar space travel?
the planet on which we live; the world.
So most of the fuel that a rocket takes on board is needed simply to escape the #Earth’s gravity.
the darker stage of twilight.
As #dusk fell and turned to night, an elderly cleric began to recite several verses of the Koran while the congregation repeated after him.
a spacecraft, especially one controlled by a crew.
When I was a television journalist here in town, I did the news the night that one of the Apollo #spaceships was circling the earth.
film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.).
The cinematography also does a good job concealing the fact most of the film was #shot on soundstages.
the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.
I watched with dry, weary eyes as the pale light of #dawn overwhelmed the amber glow of the Parisian night sky.
(of a body, especially in an orbiting spacecraft) not apparently acted on by gravity.
So far little is known of how the female body is affected by #weightless conditions.
of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon.
It is certainly wild, even deserted in most places, but the stark #lunar landscape is only part of a rich and varied wilderness.
a small, reddish planet that is the fourth in order from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye.
It’s been confirmed that the current water particles are mysteriously disappearing from the surface of #Mars.
of or relating to a star or stars.
It has been used for observations ranging from galaxy structure to #stellar evolution.
of, relating to, or determined by the sun.
Large #solar disturbances heat Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing it to expand.
a gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions, typically by prearrangement between the parties concerned.
His first shot would be the #signal for the rest of his team to open fire.
facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
Police time will then be spent collecting together the #data and providing statistics that indicate the ethnicity of those stopped.
an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
Nasa will launch the #satellite, funded by the Canadian Space Agency, next January.
a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
The large viewing windows will provide the #astronauts with a view of the Earth quite unlike any other.
a room or building equipped for scientific experiments, research, or teaching, or for the manufacture of drugs or chemicals.
The life cycle of the tapeworm can be readily completed under #laboratory conditions.
a cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.
We lit off so many bottle #rockets and firecrackers that we had the girls running for cover.
a garment designed to allow an astronaut to survive in space.
The crew aboard the International Space Station has slipped into #spacesuits and floated out a hatch to begin a five-and-a-half hour spacewalk, the first since the men arrived at the outpost three months ago.
an electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.
It was designed to study #X-rays and gamma rays from solar flares.
the outside part or uppermost layer of something (often used when describing its texture, form, or extent).
The answer was to give all X-type models four-wheel drive and this accounts for the car’s truly exceptional handling and roadholding, even on poor road #surfaces.
