Sứ mệnh dang dở của tàu con thoi Columbia - Bài tập Reading

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The Loss of Shuttle Columbia 

Historic Events in Space Exploration

Use the key events in the history of space exploration listed on the space shuttle time line to help you answer the questions below.

1962 - United States President John F. Kennedy announces his goal of putting man on the moon before 1970.

1962 - John Glenn is the first American to orbit Earth.

1969 - Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the moon.

1975 - An Apollo spacecraft meets and connects with a Soviet Soyuz craft. It is the first joint United States-Soviet mission.

1976 - The unmanned Viking I is the first spacecraft to land on Mars.

1981 - The United States space shuttle Columbia is launched. It is the first reusable spacecraft.

1986 - The space shuttle Challenger explodes on its way into orbit. Seven die.

1990 - Hubble, the world’s first space telescope, is placed in orbit.

2000 - The International Space Station receives the first crew.

2003 - The space shuttle 1 breaks up as it attempts to land. Seven die.

Questions:

1. What was president Kennedy’s goal? Did he accomplish it?

2. Who was the first person to walk on the moon? When?

3. What year did the first space shuttle tragedy take place? What was the shuttle’s name?.

4. How many years did it take for history to repeat to repeat itself? What was this shuttle’s name?

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