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Pre-Int Unit11 Lesson11b

The document summarizes key moments in space history from the 1950s to present. It discusses the Soviet Union launching the first artificial satellite and human in space. It then covers the US landing on the moon, the cooperation between the US and Soviet Union on the International Space Station, and more recent developments like space tourism and plans to send humans to Mars.

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Pre-Int Unit11 Lesson11b

The document summarizes key moments in space history from the 1950s to present. It discusses the Soviet Union launching the first artificial satellite and human in space. It then covers the US landing on the moon, the cooperation between the US and Soviet Union on the International Space Station, and more recent developments like space tourism and plans to send humans to Mars.

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Pre-Intermediate Student’s Book

Life
11b Page 132 READING TEXT

Moments in space history


On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into space and a new age in
history began – The Space Age. The Soviets launched more Sputnik satellites in the
fifties and by 1961 they had put the first man into space.

Eight years later, an American finally walked on the moon and during the early
seventies the US led the Soviet Union in the space race. However, space travel was
expensive and they needed to co-operate more. As a result, in 1975 astronauts from
both countries flew two spacecraft and met in space. Afterwards, one astronaut said
that the mission showed that the Soviet Union and America could work together.

Nearly two decades later, leaders from both countries said they had agreed on plans
for a new international space station (ISS) and by the turn of the century the ISS
had started orbiting the Earth. Nowadays, the ISS is used by scientists from all over
the world.

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, businessman Dennis Tito paid twenty
million dollars and told the world he loved space as he spent eight days on the ISS.
Since then, space tourism has developed with plans for regular tours and floating
hotels.

And what about the next half a century? In 2009, a Russian Space Chief said Russia
was planning a nuclear spaceship for Mars. In 2010, the US president Barack
Obama told an audience that by the mid-2030s the US would send humans to Mars.
The race for Mars has already started.

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