Vocab Related to The Olga Coal Company Mine:
Continuous Miner- a machine that cuts and loads coal in one continuous operation.
- "He used a continuous miner to cut the coal from its seams."
- "Coal extracted from the face is loaded on a belt and transported to the tipple to be discharged."
Vocab Related to October Sky:
Satellite- an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
- "Then the announcer said the tone was coming from something called Sputnik. It was Russian and it was in space... 'It's a space satellite.' I explained." (Hickam 18-19)
- "I named it Auk I, after the great auk, an extinct bird that couldn't fly." (Hickam 104)
Vocab Related to Physics:
Trajectory- the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
- "the missile's trajectory was preset."
Propellant- a thing or substance that causes something to move or be driven forward or outward, in particular.
- "Liquid hydrogen is a type of propellant."