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1 spacecraft
noun (a vehicle etc, manned or unmanned, for travelling in space.) geimfar -
2 orbit
['o:bit] 1. noun(the path in which something moves around a planet, star etc, eg the path of the Earth round the Sun or of a spacecraft round the Earth: The spaceship is in orbit round the moon.) (hring)braut2. verb(to go round in space: The spacecraft orbits the Earth every 24 hours.) ganga á braut umhverfis -
3 rocket
['rokit] 1. noun1) (a tube containing materials which, when set on fire, give off a jet of gas which drives the tube forward, usually up into the air, used eg as a firework, for signalling, or for launching a spacecraft.) eldflaug; flugskeyti; flugeldur2) (a spacecraft launched in this way: The Americans have sent a rocket to Mars.) eldflaug2. verb(to rise or increase very quickly: Bread prices have rocketed.) snarhækka -
4 blast off
(of rockets, spacecraft etc) to take off and start to rise (noun blast-off) flugtak -
5 manned
adjective (supplied with men: a manned spacecraft.) mannaður -
6 module
['modju:l](a self-contained unit forming eg part of a building, spacecraft etc: a lunar module.) eining -
7 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) rúm, pláss2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) rúm, rÿmi3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) geimur2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) setja/raða niður með bili á milli- spacing- spacious
- spaciously
- spaciousness
- space-age
- spacecraft
- spaceship
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8 spaceship
noun (a spacecraft, especially a manned one.) geimfar -
9 UFO
[,ju: ef'ou](Unidentified Flying Object: a spacecraft that is believed to come from other planets.) -
10 unmanned
((of eg an aircraft or spacecraft) automatically controlled and therefore without a crew: unmanned flights to Mars.) ómannaður, mannlaus; sjálfstÿrður -
11 zero
['ziərəu]plural - zeros; noun1) (nought; the number or figure 0: Three plus zero equals three; The figure 100 has two zeros in it.) núll2) (the point on a scale (eg on a thermometer) which is taken as the standard on which measurements may be based: The temperature was 5 degrees above/below zero.) núll3) (the exact time fixed for something to happen, eg an explosion, the launching of a spacecraft etc: It is now 3 minutes to zero.) í flugtak
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