*Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1. The feeling of ……………………in space is surreal. 
2. It becomes harder to breathe in very high ……………………. 
3. It takes a lot of ……………………to keep this rocket in great condition. 
4. There are 8 planets in our galaxy but many more in other……………………. 
5. ……………………are responsible for many discoveries in scientific history. 
6. When an airplane is in ……………………, passengers can feel weightless. 
7. It is believed that ……………………will become popular in the next 50 years.                                                                                                                  8. NASA has had many failed ……………………but they are hopeful that this mission will succeed.                                                                                         9. The International Space Station has developed many new ……………………in the last 10 years. 
10. My little brother wants to work for NASA when he grows up so he can help build …………………….

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.

* Complete the sentences with the words / phrases from the box.

1. NASA uses ……………………to launch things and people into space.
2. The ……………………was expected to remain in service until at least 2024.
3. Astronauts train on ……………………to prepare for the weightlessness experienced in space.
4. Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial ……………………, was founded by Sir Richard Branson.
5. NASA’s new ……………………can withstand over 120°C, removes toxic gases and regulates temperature.
6. The last time astronauts did a ……………………from an aerial outpost was in 1974, when Skylab was operating.
7. NASA is considering sending astronauts in an Orion ……………………to the surface of a near-Earth asteroid in 2025.
8. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch U.S. astronauts to the International ……………………for the first time since 2011.
9. 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.

* Complete the sentences with the words / phrases from the box.

1. NASA uses ……………………to launch things and people into space.
2. The ……………………was expected to remain in service until at least 2024.
3. Astronauts train on ……………………to prepare for the weightlessness experienced in space.
4. Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial ……………………, was founded by Sir Richard Branson.
5. NASA’s new ……………………can withstand over 120°C, removes toxic gases and regulates temperature.
6. The last time astronauts did a ……………………from an aerial outpost was in 1974, when Skylab was operating.
7. NASA is considering sending astronauts in an Orion ……………………to the surface of a near-Earth asteroid in 2025.
8. Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch U.S. astronauts to the International ……………………for the first time since 2011.
9. 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.

DIch sang TVIet : Virgin Galactic to Unveil New Space Tourism Rocket Plane

Virgin Galactic will roll out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket Friday as it prepares to return to flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident.

SpaceShipTwo is designed to be flown by a crew of two and carry up to six passengers to the fringes of space. At an altitude above 62 miles, passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see the Earth below.

After years of development, Virgin Galactic appeared to be nearing the goal of turning ordinary civilians into astronauts. The first SpaceShipTwo broke apart on October 31, 2014.

The investigation found that co-pilot Michael Alsbury unlocked the so-called feathering system that is intended to slow and stabilize the craft as it re-enters the atmosphere. Alsbury was killed, but pilot Peter Siebold, although seriously injured, parachuted to safety.

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.

01. A. habitat                    B. parabolic                      C. spacewalk                       D. galaxy

02. A. telescope                B. microgravity                C. cooperate                        D. rocket

03. A. universe                 B. museum                        C. rinseless                         D. space

04. A. necessarily             B. mechanic                      C. exception                        D. apprentice

05. A. double                    B. enough                          C. resource                          D. rough

II. Choose the word that has the different stress from the others.

06. A. universe                 B. satellite                        C. experience                      D. meteorite

07. A. spacewalk              B. trainee                       C. object                             D. private

08. A. telescope                B. collection                     C. giant                             D. atmosphere

09. A. champion               B. spaceship                      C. galaxy                       D. galactic

10. A. solar                       B. asteroid                        C. comet                       D. environment

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,  B,  C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

   For a time, the Hubble telescope was the brunt of jokes and subject to the wrath of those who believed the U.S. government had spent too much money on space projects that served no valid purpose. The Hubble was sent into orbit with a satellite by the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 amid huge hype and expectation. Yet after it was in position, it simply did not work, because the primary mirror was misshapen. It was not until 1993 that the crew of the Shuttle Endeavor arrived like roadside mechanics, opened the hatch that was installed for the purpose, and replaced the defective mirror with a good one.

   Suddenly, all that had originally been expected came true. The Hubble telescope was indeed the “window on the universe,” as it had originally been dubbed. When you look deep into space, you are actually looking back through time, because even though light travels at 186,000 miles a second, it requires time to get from one place to another. In fact, it is said that in some cases, the Hubble telescope is looking back eleven billion years to see galaxies already forming. The distant galaxies are speeding away from Earth, some traveling at the speed of light.

   Hubble has viewed exploding stars such as the Eta Carinae, which clearly displayed clouds of gas and dust billowing outward from its poles at 1.5 million miles an hour. Prior to Hubble, it was visible from traditional telescopes on earth, but its details were not ascertainable. But now, the evidence of the explosion is obvious. The star still burns five million times brighter than the sun and illuminates clouds from the inside.

   Hubble has also provided a close look at black holes, which are described as cosmic drains. Gas and dust swirl around the drain and are slowly sucked in by the incredible gravity. It has also looked into an area that looked empty to the naked eye and, within a region the size of a grain of sand, located layer upon layer of galaxies, with each galaxy consisting of billions of stars.

   The Hubble telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, a 1920s astronomer who developed a formula that expresses the proportional relationship of distances between clusters of galaxies and the speeds at which they travel. Astronomers use stars known as Cepheid variables to measure distances in space. These stars dim and brighten from time to time, and they are photographed over time and charted. All the discoveries made by Hubble have allowed astronomers to learn more about the formation of early galaxies.

The author implies that at the time the Hubble was initially deployed from the Earth _______ .

A. there was little attention paid to it

B. it was already known that the mirror was defective

C. there was considerable excitement about potential uses

D. all attention was focused on the space shuttle, not the Hubble

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,  B,  C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

For a time, the Hubble telescope was the brunt of jokes and subject to the wrath of those who believed the U.S. government had spent too much money on space projects that served no valid purpose. The Hubble was sent into orbit with a satellite by the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 amid huge hype and expectation. Yet after it was in position, it simply did not work, because the primary mirror was misshapen. It was not until 1993 that the crew of the Shuttle Endeavor arrived like roadside mechanics, opened the hatch that was installed for the purpose, and replaced the defective mirror with a good one.

Suddenly, all that had originally been expected came true. The Hubble telescope was indeed the “window on the universe,” as it had originally been dubbed. When you look deep into space, you are actually looking back through time, because even though light travels at 186,000 miles a second, it requires time to get from one place to another. In fact, it is said that in some cases, the Hubble telescope is looking back eleven billion years to see galaxies already forming. The distant galaxies are speeding away from Earth, some traveling at the speed of light.

Hubble has viewed exploding stars such as the Eta Carinae, which clearly displayed clouds of gas and dust billowing outward from its poles at 1.5 million miles an hour. Prior to Hubble, it was visible from traditional telescopes on earth, but its details were not ascertainable. But now, the evidence of the explosion is obvious. The star still burns five million times brighter than the sun and illuminates clouds from the inside.

Hubble has also provided a close look at black holes, which are described as cosmic drains. Gas and dust swirl around the drain and are slowly sucked in by the incredible gravity. It has also looked into an area that looked empty to the naked eye and, within a region the size of a grain of sand, located layer upon layer of galaxies, with each galaxy consisting of billions of stars.

          The Hubble telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, a 1920s astronomer who developed a formula that expresses the proportional relationship of distances between clusters of galaxies and the speeds at which they travel. Astronomers use stars known as Cepheid variables to measure distances in space. These stars dim and brighten from time to time, and they are photographed over time and charted. All the discoveries made by Hubble have allowed astronomers to learn more about the formation of early galaxies.

The author implies that at the time the Hubble was initially deployed from the Earth _______ .

A. there was little attention paid to it.

B. it was already known that the mirror was defective.

C. there was considerable excitement about potential uses.

D. all attention was focused on the space shuttle, not the Hubble.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A,  B,  C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

        For a time, the Hubble telescope was the brunt of jokes and subject to the wrath of those who believed the U.S. government had spent too much money on space projects that served no valid purpose. The Hubble was sent into orbit with a satellite by the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990 amid huge hype and expectation. Yet after it was in position, it simply did not work, because the primary mirror was misshapen. It was not until 1993 that the crew of the Shuttle Endeavor arrived like roadside mechanics, opened the hatch that was installed for the purpose, and replaced the defective mirror with a good one.

        Suddenly, all that had originally been expected came true. The Hubble telescope was indeed the “window on the universe,” as it had originally been dubbed. When you look deep into space, you are actually looking back through time, because even though light travels at 186,000 miles a second, it requires time to get from one place to another. In fact, it is said that in some cases, the Hubble telescope is looking back eleven billion years to see galaxies already forming. The distant galaxies are speeding away from Earth, some traveling at the speed of light.

        Hubble has viewed exploding stars such as the Eta Carinae, which clearly displayed clouds of gas and dust billowing outward from its poles at 1.5 million miles an hour. Prior to Hubble, it was visible from traditional telescopes on earth, but its details were not ascertainable. But now, the evidence of the explosion is obvious. The star still burns five million times brighter than the sun and illuminates clouds from the inside.

        Hubble has also provided a close look at black holes, which are described as cosmic drains. Gas and dust swirl around the drain and are slowly sucked in by the incredible gravity. It has also looked into an area that looked empty to the naked eye and, within a region the size of a grain of sand, located layer upon layer of galaxies, with each galaxy consisting of billions of stars.

        The Hubble telescope was named after Edwin Hubble, a 1920s astronomer who developed a formula that expresses the proportional relationship of distances between clusters of galaxies and the speeds at which they travel. Astronomers use stars known as Cepheid variables to measure distances in space. These stars dim and brighten from time to time, and they are photographed over time and charted. All the discoveries made by Hubble have allowed astronomers to learn more about the formation of early galaxies.

The author implies that at the time the Hubble was initially deployed from the Earth _______ .

A. there was little attention paid to it. 

B. it was already known that the mirror was defective. 

C. there was considerable excitement about potential uses. 

D. all attention was focused on the space shuttle, not the Hubble.