NASA Researchers Create New Material for Space Missions
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
Scientists make a new material for space.
- A2
Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center have created a new material for future space missions.
- B1
Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center have created a new material.
- B2
Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center have created a new material intended for manufacturing during future space missions.
- C1
Creating materials directly on the Moon or Mars would allow space missions to carry fewer supplies.
- C2
When humanity establishes a permanent base on the Moon, the logistics of survival will dictate a harsh reality: every ounce of cargo launched from Earth adds weight and drives up launch costs.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- manufacturing
- the process of making things, especially in large amounts
- biodegradable
- able to decay naturally in a way that is not harmful to the environment
- simulated
- made to look, feel, or behave like something else
- organism
- living things, especially ones that are extremely small
- property
- qualities or characteristics that something has
- versatile
- able to be used for many different purposes
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.