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7 Work in pairs. Find information about the International Space Station and write a short text about it. Use the questions below to help you.

1 When was it built? Who was it built by?

2 Who has it been visited by? Who is living there at the moment?

3 What is life like on the space station? What difficulties do you think the astronauts have?

FROM BAIKONUR To THE STARS

The Baikonur Cosmodrome was built in the 1____. It was the first cosmodrome in the world, and it is still the largest and the busiest. It is located in the desert steppe in Kazakhstan, about 2____ km east of the Aral Sea.

A lot of space missions are launched from the cosmodrome every year. Both Sputnik 3____ (the Earth's first artificial satellite) and Vostok 1 (the first spacecraft with a man on board) were launched from Gagarin's Start at Baikonur.

The first Kazakh astronaut, Toktar Aubakirov, flew from Gagarin's Start in 1991. He was a member of the 4____ expedition to the Mir space station. Another Kazakh astronaut, Talgat Musabayev, flew three missions – in 1994, 1998 and 5____. In 2007, he became the head of the Kazakh space agency KazCosmos.

Gagarin's Start, which is named after Yuri Gagarin, is also the launch site for International Space Station (ISS) missions. In 6____, the astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov was selected to fly on the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft to the ISS. This was the 7____ launch from Gagarin's Start. The launch was in 2015, but Aimbetov's journey to space began more than twelve years earlier. In 8____, he was sent to study in Star City in Russia. This is where astronauts are trained. The training isn't easy. 'Flying into space is not like buying a theatre ticket,' Aimbetov said. After 9____ years of training, he returned to Kazakhstan in 2009 to work for KazCosmos. He always wanted to travel into space under the Kazakh flag, and his dream finally came true on 10____ September 2015.

Работайте в парах. Найдите информацию о Международной космической станции и напишите о ней небольшой текст. Используйте приведенные ниже вопросы в качестве помощи.

Ответ:

1. The construction of the International Space Station (ISS) began on November 20, 1998. It is a joint project of five space agencies: NASA (USA), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada).

Строительство Международной космической станции (МКС) началось 20 ноября 1998 года. Это совместный проект пяти космических агентств: НАСА (США), Роскосмос (Россия), JAXA (Япония), ЕКА (Европа) и ККА (Канада).

2. The ISS has been visited by astronauts from more than 20 different countries. Currently, an international crew of astronauts from the USA and Russia is living and working there. The crew members change every few months.

МКС посетили космонавты из более чем 20 разных стран. В настоящее время там живет и работает международный экипаж астронавтов из США и России. Состав экипажа меняется каждые несколько месяцев.

3. Life on the space station is very busy. Astronauts conduct scientific experiments, maintain the station, and exercise for at least two hours every day. The main difficulties are living in microgravity, which affects the body, being isolated from family and friends, and having to eat special pre-packaged food.

Жизнь на космической станции очень насыщена. Астронавты проводят научные эксперименты, обслуживают станцию и занимаются спортом не менее двух часов каждый день. Основные трудности — это жизнь в условиях микрогравитации, которая влияет на организм, изоляция от семьи и друзей, а также необходимость питаться специальной упакованной едой.