| A | B |
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| mission | All the planning and the people who carry out a space flight. |
| pioneer | The first to explore something or try to do something. |
| orbit | The circle shaped path the earth, moon, or planet or heavy body. Verb - To travel in a circle around something else. |
| master's degree | An award for completing more college work than a four-year program. |
| experiment | A test; a trial; Something done in order to find out what will happen. |
| mission specialist | A person who is on the crew of a spaceship. |
| launching | Sending a spaceship out into space; the start of a space trip. |
| launchpad | A raised floor or platform on which a spacecraft stands when it is being sent out into space. |
| engineer | A person who is in charge of operatig a machine. |
| cargo bay | A space or a room on an aircraft used to hold things on a trip. |
| flight deck | A room in a spaceship that holds the controls for flying. |
| entry | The act from coming from outer space into the air around earth. |
| qualified | Fit for something; having the skills needed for some task. |
| robot arm | A machine that can move and do things that a human arm can do. |
| competition | 1. The act of struggling to do better than another. 2. A contest to see who can do something better. |
| influence | The ability to make people think a certain way. |
