| A | B |
| astronaut | someone who travels in space |
| capsule | part of a rocket or spacecraft in which the crew travels |
| countdown | backward counting from a certain number: numbers down to zero |
| rockets | long metal tubes open at one end |
| loomed | to appear in a sudden or frightening way |
| craters | a large hole in the ground |
| circled | gone around something in a ring |
| linked | to join objects, ideas, or people together |
| history | past events |