Vocab 1
A hole on the surface created by impact
Craters
Allow (something) to move, act, or flow freely
Realeased
What season do the astronauts prepare for take-off?
Summer
The rocket weighs six million pounds. It is too big to believe, but built to fly the mighty massive _______________
Saturn V
Then after an orbit around the Earth to talk with Mission Control to check the rocket and ship, the rocket's ___ fire.
Last stage
Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with
Awkward
Possessing great and impressive power or strength, especially on account of size
Mighty
It is hot here in _________ and near the sea. hint: where the astronauts take-off
Florida
Two of the astronauts were Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Who was the third astronaut?
Neil Armstrong
_______ is Columbia's pilot. He gives the directions to the other astronauts.
Michael Collins
A device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases or liquids)
Valves
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water
Drift
In the beginning of the story, what are the three men preparing for?
To fly to the moon
Where is Launch or Mission Control located?
Houston, Texas
What did the author compare the appearance of the Eagle to?
More bug than bird, a black and gold folded spider
Large and heavy or solid
Massive
A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place
Circuit
The two small spaceships are ___________ and ___________.
Columbia and Eagle
What is the job of Launch/Mission Control?
They monitor every piece of the rocket and ships.
What was the problem while landing on the moon?
They couldn't find a level, flat place.
Causing something to start burning or causing fuel in an engine to burn to make it start working
Ignition
Vertical distance of an object above a surface (sea level or land level)
Altitude
They sit atop a rocket that will raise them into space, a monster of a machine: it stands ____________ stories high.
Thirty stories high
At take-off, how high did the rocket climb?
100 miles high
What were many people doing on land while the astronauts were landing?
They were watching the moon landing on their TV.