Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 2. Lesson 6. Exercise 2b

• weightlessness – when people or things weigh almost nothing (zero-gravity) in space.
• Ground controller – a person who controls a space fl ight from the ground station
• Skybird – here a special name given to the crew to call them over the radio
• Silverfish – silver+ish, having the colour and looking like silver
• Float – to stay or move in the space slowly without definite purpose
• Jesus/Gosh! – words said by people to show strong emotion, e. g. surprise