UNIT 10 SPACE TRAVEL

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch U.S. astronauts to the International ________ for the first time since 2011.

• spaceline

• space station

• spacewalk

• spacesui

Fifty years ago, a ________ fell to Earth and landed in Australia, carrying with it a rare sample from interstellar space.

• telescope

• parabolic flights

• meteorite 

• rocket

__________ is an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet.

• meteorite       

• parabolic flights

• space station

• satellite

NASA uses ________ to launch things and people into space.

• telescope  

• parabolic flights

• meteorite

• rockets

When turned on the night sky, a ________ allows you to see millions of things that are invisible to the naked eye.

• telescope

• parabolic flights   

• meteorite

• rockets

The last time astronauts did a _________ from an aerial outpost was in 1974, when Skylab was operating.

• spacecraft 

• spacewalk

• spaceline

• spacesuit

Astronauts train on _________ to prepare for the weightlessness experienced in space.

• parabolic flights 

• spaceline

• meteorite

• telescope

NASA’s new _________ can withstand over 120°C, removes toxic gases and regulates temperature.

• spacesuit

• spaceline

• meteorite

• telescope

The astronauts became _______ on going into orbit round the earth.

• rinseless 

• weightless

• habitable

• cosmonaut

When _______ go to space, they float due to the lack of gravity.

• astronauts

• mission

• microgravity 

• rinseless