Vocabulary

Sort out the words into two columns – international words and “false friends”. HELP
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International
False friends
 
    
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Look at the list of terms. Tick those that are rocket and space technology terms. Translate them into Russian. HELP
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Match the term with its definition.
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The science of building and operating vehicles for flight.
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A chemical or chemical mixture burned to create the thrust for a rocket or spacecraft.
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The angular distance between a satellite’s orbital plane and the equator of its primary.
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A rocket having two or more sections which operate in succession each being discarded as its job is done.
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The force that propels the rocket or spacecraft measured in pounds, kilograms or Newtons. It is generated by a high-speed jet of gases discharging through a nozzle.
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Commission expert evaluation of project documentation.
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Revenue-producing or useful cargo carried by a spacecraft.
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The technique of connecting two or more spacecrafts in space.
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That part of a spacecraft that lifts off from the surface of a planet or moon and docks with an orbiting spacecraft.
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The first stage of a missile or rocket.
    
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Match the words from A with the words from B as they were used in the text.

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celestial
near-term
space
to conduct
military
orbital
multistage
concentration
ballistic
artificial
orbit-to-ground
to assimilate
liquid-fueled
rocket
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Use expressions from the previous exercise to fill in the gaps in the sentences below.
a)
After lunar exploration was complete LEM which was supplied with its own    lift off from the moon’s surface and dock with the Apollo.
b)
A    is sensitive to the proportion of weight divided between the stages.
c)
All members of the MIT research community, including students, are expected to    according to the highest ethical and professional scientific standards.
d)
Our goal is to conduct the    these engines to their limits, and show that they can be used in a variety of mission scenarios.
e)
DREAM can    from a variety of types of instruments and data with various levels of resolution and fidelity.
f)
Bombardiers are usually 8 to 10 kilometers in length armed primarily with    such as nukes or antimatter bombs.
g)
The supporting technology is the topic of our    because it is critical to enabling the further possibilities for the development.
h)
The modern    is based on a design in use since the German V-2 rocket which the Nazis used during World War II to terrorize and kill the British.
i)
Future    systems, such as advanced lasers, may require solutions that current methods may not be able to handle efficiently.
j)
The work contains theory of electrostatic levitation of flight vehicles and creating    in space ships without rotation of apparatus.
k)
A natural object which is located outside of Earth's atmosphere, such as the Moon, the Sun, an asteroid, planet, or star is a  .
l)
Regular altitude for the    counts as much as 200-400 km, which is partially predetermined by a radiation safety.
m)
Instead of splashing into the Pacific Ocean in 2020 as planned, the International    will continue circling Earth for at least an additional four years.
n)
A    is a place which a government uses to keep people who are either against that government or who it thinks are too dangerous to remain free.
    
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Look back in the text and find words that have a similar meaning to the words and phrases below. Write them opposite to each word.
1.found in the skypara 1
2.coordinatedpara 2
3.investigationpara 2
4.failedpara 3
5.fireworkspara 3
6.to prohibitpara 4
7.taking part para 4
8.inspiredpara 5
9.to reach the bestpara 5
10.death camppara 6
11.knewpara 6
12.composite missilepara 7
13.let gopara 7
14.to give in, to capitulatepara 8
15.changed and developedpara 10
16.drivepara 11
17.teampara 11
18.man-madepara 12
19.space vehiclepara 12
20.dominancepara 13
21.become the leaderpara 14
    
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Complete the following sentences with the prepositions if necessary. If not, put a dash "-".
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It requires    huge resources and people to carry the immense difficulties in political and technical arenas.
b)
He was "the personality" that could be identified    space exploration.
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Von Braun quickly joined the VfR, and was soon participating    rocket experiments.
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But in 1932 Adolf Hitler was    power.
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His dissertation dealt    the theoretical and practical problems of liquid propellant rocket engines.
f)
The A1 would eventually evolve    the A2 and A3.
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Numerous quotes from von Braun show he was aware    the conditions, but felt completely unable to change them.
h)
Even before he graduated, von Braun was busy    conducting his first rocket tests at Kummersdorf.
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He dared to talk about building rockets which would go    orbit around the Earth and perhaps even someday go to the Moon.
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The structure, with a diameter of 250 feet (76 m), would spin    a central docking nave to provide artificial gravity.
    
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