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Crew -


the people who work


in a ship or aeroplane

2.Unlike -


different

3.Look up -


find out

4.Naturalised citizen -


declared citizen (not by birth)

5.Frontiers -


extremes

Frontiers -


extremes

7.Takeoff -


launch

8.Unprecedented -


never before

9.Astronaut -


space - traveller

10.Broke apart -


broke into pieces

11.Streaked -


left lines

12.Altitude -


height

14.Launch pad -


the launching spot

15.Certified -


approved

16.Fortunately -


luckily

17.Disbelief -


distrust

18.Glued


- clung

19.Survived -


remained alive

20.Encyclopaedic -

very vast

21. Awe-


inspiring - thrilling

22.Vision -


sight