Rolling Out Power: How Solar Panels Upgraded the Space Station
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 gave the International Space Station new power.
- A2
NASA improved the power on the International Space Station.
- B1
NASA is the US space agency.
- B2
Over the five years up to 2026, NASA, the US space agency, has upgraded the electrical supply of the International Space Station.
- C1
Orbiting 250 miles above Earth, the International Space Station relies on sunlight to run its life support equipment, daily crew tasks and hundreds of experiments.
- C2
Two hundred and fifty miles above Earth, the International Space Station relies on sunlight to keep its crews alive and working.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- upgrade
- to make a machine or system better and more modern
- supply
- an amount of something that is ready to be used
- orbital
- moving in a curved path around a planet or star
- fit
- to put a piece of equipment into a place and make it ready to use
- forecast
- a statement about what is likely to happen in the future
- mission
- an important job or flight into space with a special purpose
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA. Read the original for the full report.