Moonshot Vocabulary Set #2

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launch

Back

to send out or release

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massive

Back

large and heavy

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sequence

Back

the order in which things happen

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distant

Back

far away

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altitude

Back

the vertical distance or height from the object to the ground

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orbit

Back

the path an object takes as it moves around another object in space

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ignite

Back

to set on fire or cause to burn

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spindly

Back

tall and thin, often weak or fragile

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gravity

Back

the force that pulls objects toward each other, like the Earth pulling us down

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rocket

Back

a vehicle designed to travel through space, often used to launch satellites or astronauts