Tiếng Anh 11: Space Conquest

On 4 October 1957: The first artificial satellite was called Sputnik to be launched in space from the Soviet Union.This event opened the era of space conquest and marked the first victor

Part B: SPEAKING

On 4 October 1957: The first artificial satellite was called Sputnik to be launched in space from the Soviet Union.

This event opened the era of space conquest and marked the first victory of the Soviet Union in the race with the U.S

On April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first citizen

of Earth flying in space, the spacecraft took him to return safely after orbiting the Earth in 108 minutes

On 5 May 1961: astronaut Alan Shepard was the first

American citizen to be put in space However, his ship was not reached the expected orbit and returned the Earth after

15 minutes

On May 25, 1961: US President Kennedy

declared that his country would put a man on the moon by 1970.

On 20 February 1962: John Glenn became the first American citizen to drive the spacecraft to circle the globe three times.

From 16 to 19 June 1963: astronaut Valentina

Tereshkova (USSR citizen) is the first woman to

explore space on the flight cycling the Earth 48 times

On 18 March 1965: Aleksei Leonov (USSR) became the first astronaut to step out the

spacecraft and walk in space

On December 21,1968: Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.

On 20 July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin opened the door of Apollo 11 and put the first steps on the moon, they stayed there in 21 hours 30 minutes.

From 7 to 19 December 1972: Apollo 17 took two

astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schimit to land

on the moon for the longest time, 74 hours 59 minutes It was the nearest time that man appeared on the moon

On May 14,1973: Skylab became the first scientfic laboratory of the United States that was put into orbit

From 17 to 19 July 1975: The U.S and Soviet astronauts performed tasks to connect firstly two spacecrafts, the Apollo and the Soyuz.

On 18.7.1983 : U.S sent into space the first female astronaut Sally Ride as their

On 18 July 1983: U.S sent in space the first female astronaut, Sally Ride.

On February 7,1984: American astronaut

Bruce McCandless became the first person to make untethered spacewalk.

On 15 November 1988: Soviet launched the first unmanned space shuttle called Buran.

Pham Tuan, along with Soviet cosmonaut Viktor

Vassilyevich Gorbatko, was launched in space from the Baikonur spaceport in Soyuz 37 spacecraft on July 23

1980 and returned to Earth on July 31 in Soyuz 36

On 29 October 1998: Astronaut John Glenn was back again in space at the age of 77 on the space shuttle

Discovery, he is the oldest person to perform the tasks

in space so far

On February 11, 2000: The U.S and Russia cosmonauts began living and working on the International Space Station (ISS)

- On 4 October 1957: The first artificial satellite was

called Sputnik to be launched in space from the Soviet

Union

This event opened the era of space conquest and marked the first victory of the Soviet Union in the race with the U.S

- On April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first citizen

of Earth flying in space, the spacecraft took him to return safely after orbiting the Earth in 108 minutes

- On 5 May 1961: astronaut Alan Shepard was the first

American citizen to be put in space However, his ship

was not reached the expected orbit and returned the Earth after 15 minutes

- On May 25, 1961: US President Kennedy declared that his country would put a man on the moon by 1970

- On 20 February 1962: John Glenn became the first American citizen to drive the spacecraft to circle the globe three times.

- From 16 to 19 June 1963: astronaut Valentina Tereshkova (USSR citizen) is the first woman to explore space on the flight cycling the Earth 48 times

- On 18 March 1965: Aleksei Leonov (USSR) became the first astronaut to step out the

spacecraft and walk in space

- On December 21,1968: Apollo 8 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon

- On 20 July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin opened the door of Apollo 11 and put the first steps on the moon, they stayed there in 21 hours 30 minutes.

- From 7 to 19 December 1972: Apollo 17 took two

astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schimit to land on the moon for the longest time, 74 hours 59 minutes It was the nearest time that man appeared on the moon

- On 20 July 1969: Neil Armstrong and Edwin Buzz Aldrin opened the door of Apollo 11 and put the first steps on the moon, they stayed there in 21 hours 30 minutes

- On May 14,1973: Skylab became the first scientfic

laboratory of the United States that was put into orbit

- From 17 to 19 July 1975: The U.S and Soviet astronauts performed tasks to connect firstly two spacecrafts, the

Apollo and the Soyuz

- On 18 July 1983: U.S sent in space the first female astronaut, Sally Ride

- On February 7,1984: American astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first person to make untethered spacewalk.

- On 15 November 1988: Soviet launched the first unmanned space shuttle called Buran

Pham Tuan, along with Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko, was launched in space from the Baikonur spaceport

in Soyuz 37 spacecraft on July 23 1980 and returned to Earth

on July 31 in Soyuz 36.

- On 29 October 1998: Astronaut John Glenn was back again in space at the age of 77 on the space shuttle Discovery, he is the oldest person to perform the tasks in space so far

- On February 11, 2000: The U.S and Russia cosmonauts

began living and working on the International Space Station (ISS)

NOW, WE’RE PLAYING

GAME

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• FUNNY GAME

- Divide the class into 2 big groups: group

A and group B.

- The representatives of each group have

to match the pictures of the important events in space exploration.

- The group finishes earlier with correct answers will be the winner.

Who is the first human to fly into space

?

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

How old was Gagarin when he became

the first human being in space ?

He was 27 then

What is the name of China’s first

manned spacecraft ?

YANG LIWEL

Who is the first woman in space ?

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaut

When was the Apollo 11 launched?

On July 16, 1969

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