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6. Comsats travel through space at the same speed that the
Earth turns.
7. Russia launched the first man-made satellite.
8. Satellites are things that go around the sun.
V. Discuss with your partner or groupmates.
1. What new information have you learnt from the text?
2. Would you like to be an astronaut and work in space?
3. Do you think that in future man will live in outer space?
4. What do you think life will be like?
5. Where will people live?
6. What will they eat?
7. How will they dress?
Text 2
Apollo Astronauts. Land on the Moon.
I.
First thoughts:
Read the following words:
Apollo, astronaut, NASA, lunar module, Neil Armstrong
Comment on these words
II. Study the words. Make sure you know them.
humans, stage, engine, equipment, gravity, decade, space,
design.
III. Read the text and the tasks following it.
The start of America's effort to get humans to the moon is
often linked to President Kennedy's 1961 speech, which set
this as a goal to achieve by the end of the decade. His speech
boosted funding for NASA [National Aeronautics and Space
Administration), but the journey to the moon really goes back
to 1959, when NASA was just beginning.
NASA’s first space exploration program, named Mercury,
was an urgent attempt 16 catch up to the Russians, who had
already launched an orbiting satellite and put a dog into space.
Mercury successfully put an American into earth orbit in
1961 for 24 hours. The next stage of the U.S. space program,
called Gemini, advanced spacecraft design by engineering
dockable components. The Apollo program followed, named
for the Greek god of music, prophecy, medicine, light, and
progress.
Apollo spacecraft were designed for travel to the moon.
Improving on Gemini's component parts, Apollo spacecraft
were made up of three modules. The command module could
carry three astronauts. The service module held the engines,
electric power generator, and oxygen and water stores.
The lunar module was itself a two-stage vehicle, designed
to get the astronauts from the command module orbiting the
moon to the moon's surface, and then to serve as their shelter
while on the moon. Several test flights were accomplished, but
on January 27, 1967 a fire in the command module on the
launch pad killed all three drew members. A faulty hatch had
prevented their escape. NASA took a step back from its
hurried pace. The missions of Apollos 7, 8, 9, and 10 tested
equipment in Earth and lunar orbit, but Apollo 11 was slated to
land on the moon. It launched on July16, 1969 at 9: 23 a.m.
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