1. Mae Jemison: Space Scientist
Vocabulary

2. Strategy Review/ Modeling
After receiving her Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford, Mae enrolled at Cornell University Medical College in New York.
To figure out this word, Ill look for word parts I know. I see the word roll and the word part en at the beginning. I see that the word ends with –ed, an ending for many past tense verbs. It is pronounced d. Putting these parts together, I get ehn ROHLD. I get the sense that this word means she begins going to medical school.

3. astronaut
A person trained to participate in the flight of a spacecraft

4. launches
puts into action by force

5. mission
An operation that is assigned to achieve certain goals

6. orbit
the path of a spacecraft around the earth

7. reusable
able to be used again

8. satellite
a device made to orbit the earth while performing a task

9. space shuttle
A spacecraft launched like a rocket that can return to earth and land like a plane

10. specialist
one who becomes an expert in a particular field

11. weightlessness
The condition of being without weight