Grade 5 Reading Mae Jemison
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- astronaut
- a crew member of a spacecraft
- launches
- put into the air by force
- mission
- an operation to do certain work
- orbit
- a curved path around an object in space
- reusable
- able to be used again
- satellite
- an object that orbits another object and does a task
- space shuttle
- a spacecraft that can return to the earth
- specialist
- a person who is an expert in one area
- weightlessness
- the condition of having no weight
- chemical engineering
- science of using chemical processes
- demanding
- requiring much effort
- embassy
- headquarters of a foreign country
- applicants
- people who apply for a job
- meditation
- quiet thinking focusing on particular thoughts
- intensity
- having strong feelings
- medication
- a drug used to treat diseases