Space Flashcards

1
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L’espace

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Space

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2
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Y a t il de la vie sur mars?

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Is there life on Mars ?

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3
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L’univers

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The universe

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4
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Le système solaire

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The solar system

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5
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Une galaxie

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A galaxy

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6
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L’espace

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Outer space

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7
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Une année-lumière

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A light year

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Une planète

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A planet

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Une comète

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A comet

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Un astéroïde

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An asteroid

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Un trou noir

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A black hole

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12
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Un météorite

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A meteorite

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13
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Un monolithe

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A monolith

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Un mégalithe

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A megalith

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15
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L’astronomie

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Astronomy

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16
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Un astronome

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An astronomer

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17
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Un fana de l’espace

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A space buff

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18
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NASA

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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19
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When was the NASA created ?

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On July 29th 1958

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20
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Créé à la va-vite

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Thrown together

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21
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Why was the NASA created?

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In response to Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957

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22
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When was Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union?

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In October 1957

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23
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Élan

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Impetus

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24
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Who was the first cosmonaut to fly and when ?

A

Yuri Gagarin

In April 1961

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25
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La NASA

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NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

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26
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L’agence spatiale Européenne

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The ESA (European Space Agency)

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27
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La conquête de l’espace

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The conquest of space

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28
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L’ère spatiale

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The space age

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29
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La course dans l’espace

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The space race

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30
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Un vol dans l’espace

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A space flight

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31
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L’astronautique

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Astronautic

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32
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L’avionique

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Avionics

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33
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L’espace aérien

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Airspace

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34
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L’industrie aérospatiale

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The aerospace industry

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35
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What was the Apollo Project ?

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Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon on July 21st 1969

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36
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When did Apollo missions end?

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In 1972

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37
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Une mission sur Mars

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A mission to Mars

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38
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Explorer

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To explore

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39
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Un explorateur

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An explorer

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40
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Un vol habité

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A manned flight

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41
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Un vol inhabité

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An unmanned flight

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42
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Une combinaison spatiale

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A space suit

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43
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Un casque d’astronaute

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A space helmet

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44
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Un équipage

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A crew

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45
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What is the difference between an astronaut and a cosmonaut?

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None, except that astronaut is American and cosmonaut is Russian

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46
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What is a taïkonaut?

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This is how a Chinese astronaut has been called since 1998

47
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Astronaute stagiaire

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A trainee astronaut

48
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What is a “space cadet”?

A

It may refer to a trainee astronaut
OR to someone who is perceived to be out of touch with reality, behaves strangely, forgets things, does not pay attention (as if on high drugs)

49
Q

Une fusée

A

A rocket

50
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Une rétrofusée

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A retrorocket

51
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Un télescope

A

A telescope

52
Q

Une sonde

A

A probe

53
Q

Un vaisseau spatial

A

A spaceship
A rocket ship
Spacecraft

54
Q

Le carburant

A

Fuel

55
Q

Une navette

A

A shuttle

56
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Une station spatiale

A

A space station

57
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Un véhicule spatial

A

A lander

58
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Un véhicule lunaire

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A lunar rover

59
Q

What is the International Space Station (ISS)?

A

A joint project of NASA with the Russian, Japanese, Canadian and European space agencies
It is a facility orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 350 km above its surface

60
Q

Installation

A

Facility

61
Q

At what altitude above the Earth does the ISS orbite?

A

350 km

62
Q

Habité

A

Staffed

63
Q

Since when has The ISS been staffed?

A

Since 2000

64
Q

Lancer

A

To launch

65
Q

Etre mis à feu

A

To blast off

66
Q

Un lanceur de satellites

A

A satellite launcher

67
Q

Une rampe de lancement

Pas de tir

A

A launch pad

68
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Le compte à rebours

A

The countdown

69
Q

L’envol

A

Lift-off

70
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Un moteur

A

An engine

71
Q

Propulseur de fusée

Moteur fusée

A

A rocket engine

72
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Propulser

A

To propel

73
Q

Le combustible pour fusée

Le propergol

A

Propellant

74
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Kérosène (de fusée)

A

Rocket fuel

75
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Une fusée de lancement

A

A launch vehicle
A booster
A booster rocket

76
Q

Une fusée interplanétaire

A

A space rocket

77
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Une fusée à étages

A

A multi-stage rocket

78
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Un sas

A

An airlock

79
Q

Synonyme de

A

A byword for

80
Q

Saisir

A

To grasp

81
Q

What has become “rocket science” a byword for?

A

Something particularly difficult to grasp

82
Q

Expression “ce n’est pas sorcier!”

A

“It’s not rocket science!”

83
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Expression “pas besoin d’être un génie pour comprendre que…”

A

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that…”

84
Q

Un missile

A

A missile

85
Q

Un satellite de télécommunication

A

A telecommunications satellite

86
Q

Un satellite météorologique

A

A weather satellite

87
Q

Un satellite espion

A

A surveillance satellite

88
Q

Télécommandé

A

Remote-controlled

89
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Humiliant

A

Humbling

90
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Handicap

A

Liability

91
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Intervention

A

Involvement

92
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Etre en orbite

A

To be in orbit

93
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Se mettre en orbite

A

To go into orbit

94
Q

Mettre un satellite en orbite

Placer un satellite en orbite

A

To put a satellite in(to) orbit

95
Q

Atterrir

A

To land

To touch down

96
Q

Atterrissage
Amerrissage
Alunissage

A

Touchdown

97
Q

Alunir

A

To land on the moon

98
Q

Amerrir

A

To splash down

99
Q

Amerrissage

A

Splashdown

100
Q

L’apesanteur

A

Weightlessness

Zero gravity

101
Q

La micro-gravité

A

Microgravity

102
Q

Le tourisme dans l’espace

A

Space tourism

103
Q

A dévoilé

A

Unveiled

104
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Fortunés

A

Well-heeled

105
Q

Quelques centaines de milliers de dollars à claquer

A

A couple of hundred grand to burn

106
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Recherches aérospatiales

A

Space research

Rocket research

107
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Un laboratoire spatial

A

A space lab

108
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La spatiologie

A

Space science

109
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Une retombée

A

A spin-off

110
Q

Le GPS

A

Sat avec

Global Positioning System (gps)

111
Q

Une soucoupe volante

A

A flying saucer

112
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Un OVNI

A

An unidentified flying object

A UFO

113
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Un extraterrestre

A

An alien

An alien being

114
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Un martien

A

A Martian