Space Flashcards

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L’espace

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Space

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Y a t il de la vie sur mars?

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Is there life on Mars ?

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L’univers

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The universe

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Le système solaire

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The solar system

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Une galaxie

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A galaxy

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L’espace

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Outer space

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Une année-lumière

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A light year

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Une planète

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A planet

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Une comète

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A comet

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Un astéroïde

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An asteroid

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Un trou noir

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A black hole

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Un météorite

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A meteorite

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Un monolithe

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A monolith

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Un mégalithe

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A megalith

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L’astronomie

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Astronomy

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Un astronome

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An astronomer

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Un fana de l’espace

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A space buff

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NASA

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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When was the NASA created ?

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On July 29th 1958

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Créé à la va-vite

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Thrown together

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Why was the NASA created?

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In response to Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957

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When was Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union?

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In October 1957

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Élan

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Impetus

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Who was the first cosmonaut to fly and when ?

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Yuri Gagarin

In April 1961

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La NASA
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
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L'agence spatiale Européenne
The ESA (European Space Agency)
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La conquête de l'espace
The conquest of space
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L'ère spatiale
The space age
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La course dans l'espace
The space race
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Un vol dans l'espace
A space flight
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L'astronautique
Astronautic
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L'avionique
Avionics
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L'espace aérien
Airspace
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L'industrie aérospatiale
The aerospace industry
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What was the Apollo Project ?
Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon on July 21st 1969
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When did Apollo missions end?
In 1972
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Une mission sur Mars
A mission to Mars
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Explorer
To explore
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Un explorateur
An explorer
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Un vol habité
A manned flight
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Un vol inhabité
An unmanned flight
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Une combinaison spatiale
A space suit
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Un casque d'astronaute
A space helmet
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Un équipage
A crew
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What is the difference between an astronaut and a cosmonaut?
None, except that astronaut is American and cosmonaut is Russian
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What is a taïkonaut?
This is how a Chinese astronaut has been called since 1998
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Astronaute stagiaire
A trainee astronaut
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What is a "space cadet"?
It may refer to a trainee astronaut OR to someone who is perceived to be out of touch with reality, behaves strangely, forgets things, does not pay attention (as if on high drugs)
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Une fusée
A rocket
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Une rétrofusée
A retrorocket
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Un télescope
A telescope
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Une sonde
A probe
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Un vaisseau spatial
A spaceship A rocket ship Spacecraft
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Le carburant
Fuel
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Une navette
A shuttle
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Une station spatiale
A space station
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Un véhicule spatial
A lander
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Un véhicule lunaire
A lunar rover
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What is the International Space Station (ISS)?
A joint project of NASA with the Russian, Japanese, Canadian and European space agencies It is a facility orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 350 km above its surface
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Installation
Facility
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At what altitude above the Earth does the ISS orbite?
350 km
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Habité
Staffed
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Since when has The ISS been staffed?
Since 2000
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Lancer
To launch
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Etre mis à feu
To blast off
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Un lanceur de satellites
A satellite launcher
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Une rampe de lancement | Pas de tir
A launch pad
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Le compte à rebours
The countdown
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L'envol
Lift-off
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Un moteur
An engine
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Propulseur de fusée | Moteur fusée
A rocket engine
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Propulser
To propel
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Le combustible pour fusée | Le propergol
Propellant
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Kérosène (de fusée)
Rocket fuel
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Une fusée de lancement
A launch vehicle A booster A booster rocket
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Une fusée interplanétaire
A space rocket
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Une fusée à étages
A multi-stage rocket
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Un sas
An airlock
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Synonyme de
A byword for
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Saisir
To grasp
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What has become "rocket science" a byword for?
Something particularly difficult to grasp
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Expression "ce n'est pas sorcier!"
"It's not rocket science!"
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Expression "pas besoin d'être un génie pour comprendre que..."
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that..."
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Un missile
A missile
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Un satellite de télécommunication
A telecommunications satellite
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Un satellite météorologique
A weather satellite
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Un satellite espion
A surveillance satellite
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Télécommandé
Remote-controlled
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Humiliant
Humbling
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Handicap
Liability
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Intervention
Involvement
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Etre en orbite
To be in orbit
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Se mettre en orbite
To go into orbit
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Mettre un satellite en orbite | Placer un satellite en orbite
To put a satellite in(to) orbit
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Atterrir
To land | To touch down
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Atterrissage Amerrissage Alunissage
Touchdown
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Alunir
To land on the moon
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Amerrir
To splash down
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Amerrissage
Splashdown
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L'apesanteur
Weightlessness | Zero gravity
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La micro-gravité
Microgravity
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Le tourisme dans l'espace
Space tourism
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A dévoilé
Unveiled
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Fortunés
Well-heeled
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Quelques centaines de milliers de dollars à claquer
A couple of hundred grand to burn
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Recherches aérospatiales
Space research | Rocket research
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Un laboratoire spatial
A space lab
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La spatiologie
Space science
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Une retombée
A spin-off
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Le GPS
Sat avec | Global Positioning System (gps)
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Une soucoupe volante
A flying saucer
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Un OVNI
An unidentified flying object | A UFO
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Un extraterrestre
An alien | An alien being
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Un martien
A Martian