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| |  Asteroid mission In 2017, European scientists plan to go on a very special space mission - landing on an asteroid. But why do they want to visit an asteroid and will there be space for Callum on the spacecraft?! Before he went off to pack, Callum joined Yvonne for this week's programme to find out more about the Marco Polo Mission.
This week's question: According to scientists, when was the last time that an asteroid hit earth? a) 85 million years ago b) 65 million years ago c) 45 million years ago Listen out for the answer to this question at the end of the programme!
[an error occurred while processing this directive] Vocabulary from the programme a space mission a special journey that takes people and/or equipment to and from space the solar system the sun and all the planets which move around it asteroids small, inactive planets, sometimes as small as a few kilometers or miles wide which move around the sun analysis the process of examining something to try to understand what it is or what it is made from to select to choose something or someone a drill a powerful type of tool which is used to make holes rubble rubbish, usually made up of broken bricks, stones and pieces of concrete which are left after a building has been damaged or destroyed debris usually material, e.g. dust and rubble, from things that have been damaged or destroyed pristine perfect, not spoiled or touched evolved if something evolved, it gradually changed and developed into something different and more complicated Extras  Download this programme (mp3 - 2.9 MB)  Programme script (pdf - 27 K)Related Links Europe plans asteroid grab British role in the Marco Polo project | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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