WordpowerVocabularyextensionspaceexplorationspaceexplorationtrackingshiplaunchpadrocketlaunchtowerspaceshuttleastronautspacestationspacesuitspacewalkspaceexplorationastronautlaunchorbittheformerSovietUnionplanetsamplespaceshuttlespacecraft太空探险宇航员发射绕轨道而行前苏联行星样本航天飞机太空船launchpadlaunchtowerMercuryMarsNeptunePlutoVenusSaturnUranus天王星发射台发射塔水星火星海王星冥王星金星土星On27September2008,theChineseastronautZhaiZhigangtookawalkinspace.Iguesssomeofyouaredreamingofbecomingan(1)astronautandtravellingto(2)spacetocarryoutscientificresearch.Ioncewenttospace.Itravelledby(3)spaceshuttle,aspaceshipthatlookslikeaplane.Two(4)rocketssupportedbyalaunchtowerlifteditintospace.AtacertaindistancefromtheEarth,therocketsseparatedfromthespaceshuttleandfellintothesea.Thena(5)shippickedthemup.Ididresearchinabaseinouterspacecalled(6)spacestation.SometimesIwentoutofittotakea(7)spacewalk.Inouterspaceastronautscannottakeofftheir(8)spacesuits,whichprotectthemandprovideoxygen.ThelaunchofShenzhouVIChinahassenttwoastronautsintospacethisyear.TheShenzhou-VIspacecrafthasbeensentintoorbitinthesecondhalfofthisyear.Itcarriedtwoastronautsandstayedinspaceforseveraldays.Thetwoastronautsonthemissionconductedscientificexperimentsintheorbitcapsuleofthespacecraftduringthespaceflight,buttherewerenoplansforspacewalksorotheractivitiesoutsidethespacecraft.theprocessofspaceexplorationThefirstartificialsatellitewaslaunched.PeoplecouldorbittheEarthin1961.Photosaretakenandsamplesarecollectedfromtheplanet.SunMercuryPlutoJupiterUranusVenusEarthMarsSaturnNeptune