Apollo Space Program

Apollo 11

Vocabulary Words

astronauts

a person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.

module

an independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.

Splashdown

 The landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean

engine

A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.

orbit

the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

Mission Control

the group of people on the ground who direct or control the flight of a spacecraft The astronauts received a message from mission control.

spacecraft

a vehicle used for traveling in space.

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