Why Explore Space Vocabulary

A vehicle that is able to travel in space.

• satellite

• fragment

• spacecraft

• debris

To travel in a curved path around a much larger object such as the Earth or sun.

• orbit

• collide

• track

• satellite

A very small piece of something.

• fragment

• debris

• spacecraft

• particle

To hit something that is moving in a different direction.

• damage

• collide

• fragment

• debris

A machine that is sent into space and goes around Earth and is used for radio, video, and other electronic communication.

• spacecraft

• debris

• particle

• satellite

To follow the movements of something.

• orbit

• track

• cooperate

• collide

A piece of something that has broken off something larger.

• fragment

• damage

• spacecraft

• debris

To work with someone else to do something that you both want.

• damage

• fragment

• cooperate

• collide

Physical harm that is done to something.

• damage

• fragment

• cooperate

• collide

The pieces of something that have been left after it has been destroyed.

• fragment

• orbit

• particle

• debris