| launch | lift off of a rocket |
| report | talk about things that are happening, usually on TV, radio, or newspapers |
| mission | a journey or job with a clear goal |
| describe | say what it looks like |
| realise | begin to understand |
| mission control | the NASA office which controls space flights |
| commander | The leader of a rocket flight |
| colleagues | people who work together |
| carry out | do |
| go smoothly | have no problems |
| good shape | doing well |
| bored to tears | very bored |
| explosion | BOOM! |
| on board | on a vehicle, like a rocket, plane, or boat |
| warning light | light to show there is a problem |
| flashing | turn on and off quickly |
| escape | get out of a bad situation |
| react | do something as an answer to something else |
| experienced | someone who has spent many years doing a job |
| astronaut | someone who travels to space |
| solution | the way to solve a problem |
| remain | stay the same |
| events | things that happened |
| discuss | talk about and share ideas |
| possibility | the chance of something happening |
| figure out | find a way to understand |
| run out | finished |
| come up with | get a new idea |
| gravity | the force that holds us to the earth |
| outer space | everything outside Earth |
| re-enter | come back in |
| atmosphere | the air surrounding Earth |
| parachute | a large piece of cloth used to slow falling things |
| appear | come into sight |
| exhausted | very tired |
| breathe a sigh of relief | feel happy that the problem is over |
| splash down | a spacecraft landing in the ocean |
| rescue | save from danger |
| recover | get something back |
| orbit | go around in a circle |
