NASA Asks Companies for Ideas to Service the Hubble Space Telescope
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
NASA wants ideas for the Hubble Space Telescope.
- A2
NASA wants ideas from companies for the Hubble Space Telescope.
- B1
On 29 October 2026, NASA published a Request for Information.
- B2
On 29 October 2026, NASA published a Request for Information.
- C1
For more than 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has operated in low Earth orbit, the region of space relatively close to Earth.
- C2
For more than 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has circled our planet in low Earth orbit, the region of space relatively close to Earth, shaping scientific understanding of the universe.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- provide
- to give someone something that they need
- capability
- the ability or power to do something
- disposal
- the act of getting rid of something that is no longer wanted or needed
- propulsion
- the force that pushes a vehicle forward
- adjust
- to change something slightly to make it better or more correct
- affordable
- not too expensive, so that people have enough money to buy or pay for it
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.