What is NASA?

      Would you like to be an explorer? Would you like to help with future missions to other planets and outer space? Then maybe you should work for NASA. NASA is an (1) ………………. It is a word formed from the (2) ………………. letters of other words. N.A.S.A. stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA is in charge (3) ………………. exploring space. This U.S. agency was started in 1958. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union were in a space (4) ………………. Each country wanted to be the first to explore space and to (5) ……………….a man on the moon. The Soviet Union won a victory (6) ………………. September 13, 1959. Its Luna 2 was the first man-made (7) ………………. to land on the moon. NASA won the final victory on July 20, 1969, when the astronauts from Apollo 11 were the first people to (8) ………………. on the moon.

      1.   A. word                      B. phrase                    C. shortcut                 D. acronym

      2.   A. first                        B. beginning              C. initial                     D. all are correct

      3.   A. in                            B. of                            C. with                        D. on

      4.   A. tournament           B. contest                   C. competition          D. race

      5.   A. take                        B. give                        C. put                          D. make

      6.   A. in                            B. on                           C. at                            D. both B & C

      7.   A. object                    B. machine                C. thing                      D. stuff

      8.   A. run                         B. walk                       C. touch                     D. drive

87.       Although/ he/ only/ seven/ years old/ his dream/ work/ NASA/ become/ astronaut/ Neil    

Armstrong.

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      88. Last year/ sister/ refuse/ get/ job/ secretary/ even though/ it/ well-paid/ job.

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01. NASA uses ……………………to launch things and people into space.

02. The ……………………was expected to remain in service until at least 2024.

03. Astronauts train on ……………………to prepare for the weightlessness experienced in space.

04. Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial ……………………, was founded by Sir Richard Branson.

05. NASA’s new ……………………can withstand over 120°C, removes toxic gases and regulates temperature.

06. The last time astronauts did a ……………………from an aerial outpost was in 1974, when Skylab was operating.

07. NASA is considering sending astronauts in an Orion ……………………to the surface of a near-Earth asteroid in 2025.

08. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch U.S. astronauts to the International ……………………for the first time since 2011.

09. When turned on the night sky, a ……………………allows you to see millions of things that are invisible to the naked eye.

10. Fifty years ago, a ……………………fell to Earth and landed in Australia, carrying with it a rare sample from interstellar space.

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

NASA/ launch/ decided/ Cape Canaveral/ end/ at/ from/ of/ the/ a rocket/ this year.

A. NASA decided launch to a rocket from Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.

B. NASA decided launch from a rocket to Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.

C. NASA decided to launch a rocket at from Cape Canaveral the end of this year.

D. NASA decided to launch a rocket from Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.