Comprehension task

I. Read the word combinations and translate them into Russian:

to achieve manned spaceflight, to launch a spacecraft, to declare an intent, to reach the Moon's surface, to undertake a spaceflight, to make a spacewalk, suborbital flight, orbital flight, to conduct a mission, an extraterrestrial body, to fly aboard, to command a spacecraft, to abandon a plan, to discontinue a program, to orbit the Moon, to make an orbit, to develop space facilities.

II. Make up the word combinations:

1. lunar 2. human 3. orbital 4. spaceflight 5. launch 6. reusable 7. domestic 8. space 9. extraterrestrial 10. to abandon

a) facilities b) vehicle c) flight d) plan e) shuttle f) body g) program h) spaceflight i) mission j) orbiting

III. Fill in the missing words (to command, launcher, to orbit, to set foot, spacewalk)

1. Alexei Leonov was the first person to make ….

2. China was the third nation capable of launching its own manned spacecraft using its own ….

3. Apollo 8 … the Moon but did not land.

4. Eileen Collins was the first woman … a U.S. spacecraft.

5. Neil Armstrong was the first person … on the Moon.

IV. Find synonyms in the list of words

Country, space rocket, to orbit, intent, effort, domestic, to launch, to control, astronaut, to circle, to carry out, national, spacecraft, attempt, to discontinue, cosmonaut, purpose, to conduct, nation, to release, to command, to abandon.

V. Find antonyms in the list of words

to fail, to continue, unmanned, female, extraterrestrial, exclude, foreign, to take off, to abandon, next, terrestrial, male, to achieve, domestic, to land, manned, previous, include.

VI. Agree or disagree with the following statements

1. The first human spaceflight was undertaken by the Americans.

2. The first spacewalk was made by Valentina Tereshkova.

3. Eileen Collins was the first female Shuttle pilot.

4. Only Russia, the USA and Iraq are capable of launching its own manned spacecraft using its own launcher.

5. Altogether twelve men have been on an extraterrestrial body.

VII. Match the questions with the answers

1. Who was the first woman is space?	a) They are capable of launching its own manned spacecraft using its own launcher.
2. What spacecraft made the first US orbital flight?	b) It was Friendship 7.
3. Did people manage to land on the Moon?	c) They have been conducted with reusable Space Shuttles.

4. What unites China, the USA and Russia?	d) Yes, it happened in 1969.
5. How has the U.S. conducted all its human spaceflight missions?	e) Valentina Tereshkova.

VIII. Answer the questions

1. What do you know about the first human spaceflight?

2. How did Russian woman contribute in the development of spaceflights?

3. In what areas were the Americans the first?

4. What other countries developed spaceflights?

5. What are the international achievements in the exploration of the Moon?

6. Only three countries are capable of launching their own spacecrafts. How can astronauts from different countries fly into the space?