Space, страница 200 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс (spotlight) учебник Афанасьева, Дули

Spotlight on Russia - страница 200.

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Space

It's almost 60 years since Russia sent the first artificial satellite into space. We decided to look at another milestone in space history.

Spotlight on Russia finds out about Mir

Russia has a long and distinguished history in space. It was the first country to send a satellite into space, the first country to launch a space station into space. Even when the International Space Station was launched in 1988, the Russians had already ‘been there and done that’.

The Mir Orbital Complex was in orbit for fifteen years, three times longer than initially planned. During that time, there were many manned missions to and from it and many spacewalks. Mir took ten years to build. The main piece, or module, weighing 20 tonnes, was launched into space in 1986. A further six modules were launched individually and added to the main module making a total weight of 130 tonnes. The main module contained the living quarters for two cosmonauts in tiny cabins with windows. The first two crew members were Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Soloviev.

Each module had a special purpose. Kvant was used for x-ray and UV astronomy. Kvant 2 was used as an experimental manoeuvring unit for space suited astronauts. Kristall was a micro-gravity research laboratory. Spektr and Priroda were Earth observation platforms.

Mir was taken out of orbit in 2001 because of financial reasons. What remains of the Mir Space Station is now somewhere at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, but it will remain a huge achievement in space technology and a landmark in spaceflight history.

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Do some research and make a timeline of the Mir Orbital Complex.

• With a partner, discuss anything you know about Mir that is not mentioned in the text.
• What other landmark events in space has Russia been involved in?

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