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NASA Flight Center Celebrates 80 Years

NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is celebrating 80 years of operations.

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The same story at six levels

How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.

  1. A1

    NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center is a place.

  2. A2

    NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center is a place in California.

  3. B1

    NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is celebrating 80 years of operations.

  4. B2

    NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is celebrating 80 years of operations.

  5. C1

    Located in Edwards, California, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center is celebrating 80 years of operations.

  6. C2

    Located in Edwards, California, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center is celebrating 80 years of operations.

Key words

Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.

operation
Activities or work done by an organization
facility
A place or building used for a particular purpose or activity
primary
Most important or main
hub
The central or most important part of a place or activity
agency
A government organization responsible for a specific area of activity
supersonic
Faster than the speed of sound

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