Vocabulary:

duration – продолжительность

an award – награда

a crew member – член экипажа

to launch – запускать (ракету)

a joint venture – совместное предприятие

• Who … (Kasteev, Rymbayeva, Satpayev, Vinokourov, Musabayev)

1. studied at the art studio in Almaty?

2. has a nickname “Vino”?

3. became a torchbearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay lap in Almaty?

4. flew on three spaceflights?

5. is the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences?

6. is often compared with Alla Pugacheva?

7. painted more than a thousand paintings ?

8. left after himself more than 640 scientific publications?

9. can ride a bicycle professionally?

10. is married and has two children?

Talgat musabayev (2)

Talgat Amangeldievich Musabaev - the 79th cosmonaut of the USSR and Russia, was born on the 7th of January in 1951. He is a master of sport in aerial aerobatics, gymnastics and sport aircraft. His education began in the secondary school in Almaty, and then Talgat graduated from Engineering Institute of Civil Aviation in Riga in 1974. After that in 1983 he graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in Akhtubinsk with an engineering diploma. Talgat Musabaev is known to work as an engineer, a test pilot, an instructor of civil aviation.

His first spaceflight began from the 1st of July to the 4th of November as a flight engineer. He took part in the second flight as the Commander of this expedition in 1998. The third flight was from the 28th of April to the 6th of May in 2001. His total duration in space is 341 days 9 hours 48 minutes 41 seconds. Talgat’s first two spaceflights were long-duration stays aboard the Russian space station “MIR”. His third spaceflight was a short duration visiting mission to the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito.

Talgat Musabayev has a lot of awards and titles such as “The Hero of Russian Federation”, “The National Hero of the Republic of Kazakhstan”. Since 2007 he has been head of Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency, KazCosmos. After flights he joined the party “Nur Otan” and worked with our President together. Nowadays he is the Lieutenant-General of Aviation and the chairman of the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is married and has two

children.

• Match parts A and B:

1.Talgat finished the secondary school in Almaty 2. He has a lot of awards 3. He was the Commander of the expedition 4. Talgat has a lot of professions 5. He went in for 6. After flights he joined the party “Nur Otan” 7. He was a member

A. … such as an engineer, a test pilot, an instructor of civil aviation. B. … aerial aerobatics, gymnastics and sport aircraft. C. … and worked with our President together. D. … and then he graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in Akhtubinsk. E. … e.g. “The Hero of Russian Federation”, “The National Hero of the Republic of Kazakhstan” F. … in his second flight G. …of the International Space Station, which also carried the first paying space tourist Dennis Tito.

• Find the sentences where the author speaks about:

1. … Talgat Musabaev’s awards

2. … the date of his first flight

3. … his family

4. … the total number of days in space

5. … his education

6. … his work after the flights

7. … The number of his shortest flight

• Find the equivalents:

1. Talgat Musabaev spent three hundred and forty five days in space orbit.

2. He has a wife and two kids.

3. He lived in Almaty when he was a boy.

4. He has two diplomas proving his higher education.

5. He was a partner of the head of our country.

6. He was interested in sports when he was young.

7. He has civil and military education.

• Arrange the sentences in the correct order:

1. Talgat Musabaev was in space three times.

2. He is married and has two children.

3. He spent in space a lot of time.

4. Talgat was a good sportsman.

5. After flights he joined the party “Nur Otan” and worked with our President together.

6. Talgat Amangeldievich Musabaev is the seventy-ninth cosmonaut of Russia and the second cosmonaut of our country.

7. He was a member of the International Space Station.