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Task 2. Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the important events
in space exploration.

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4 October, 1957 l first artificial satellite: Sputnik
l mark beginning of Space Age
l made by the USSR

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3 November, 1957 l first living being in space
l a dog named Laika
l aboard Sputnik 2

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12 April, 1961 l first human in space
l Yuri Gagarin, Russian cosmonaut
l 27 years old
l 108-minute flight

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16 June, 1963 l first woman in space
l Valentina Tereshkova,
Russian cosmonaut

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20 July, 1969 l first humans to set foot on the moon
l Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,
American astronauts

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23 July, 1980 l first Vietnamese in space
l Pham Tuan
l along with V.V. Gorbotko,
a Russian cosmonaut
l stay 8 days in orbit

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29 October, 1998 l the oldest human ever to fly into space
l John Glenn, an American astronaut
l at the age of 77

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15 October, 2003 l first Chinese in space
l Yang Liwei, 38 years old
l spend 21 hours in space

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