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CURRICULUM EXTRA Physics and chemistry: Satellites and spacecraft
I can talk about the future of space travel and exploration.
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A
C
1 Check the meaning of the words in the box.
Then match them with A–E in the photos.
space station weightlessness
space shuttle Earth satellite
2 2.20 Complete the text with the words in
exercise 1. Then read and listen to the text and
check.
3 Read the text again and write true or false.
Correct the false sentences.
1 The Soviet Union put the first artificial
satellite in orbit.
2 Sputnik 1 was the first natural satellite.
3 Astronauts constructed the ISS in space.
4 Teams of researchers have been living in
space since 1990.
5 Charles Simonyi has been on one trip into
space.
6 Sub-orbital spacecraft are spaceships which
travel into space.
7 People can experience weightlessness on
sub-orbital spacecraft.
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D
E
Out of this world
A 1 is an object that orbits another object in space.
There are natural satellites like the moon, which
orbits 2 , and there are also artificial satellites.
Artificial satellites are man-made objects which are
sent into space. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched
the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, and today there
are about three thousand artificial satellites in orbit
around Earth. We use them to transmit phone calls
and TV signals across the world, to navigate journeys,
to forecast the weather, and to study the universe.
The largest artificial satellite in orbit is the
International 3 or ISS. The American 4 started
taking material into space to build the ISS there in
the late 1990s, and different teams of researchers
have lived there continuously since November 2000.
The ISS was also the destination of the world’s first
space tourists. One of them, the Hungarian-American
billionaire Charles Simonyi, enjoyed the visit so much
that he paid $35 million for a second trip. During his
visits to space, he helped with research projects and
chatted to schoolchildren in the USA via a video link.
Space tourism will be more popular in the future,
thanks to the development of sub-orbital spacecraft.
Travelling to altitudes of over one hundred kilometres,
these craft reach the boundaries of space, at the edge
of the Earth’s atmosphere. From there, passengers get
a breathtaking view of Earth, and can also experience
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. Prices started at $200,000 for a three-hour trip,
but flights will certainly become cheaper in the future.
Scientists hope that the increase in space tourism will
help to raise money to fund further space projects.
4 ACTIVATE Read sentences 1–6. Work in pairs
and discuss whether you think these things
are already possible, will be possible in the
future, or will never be possible.
1 Hotels will open in space.
2 Tourists will be able to visit other planets.
3 People will have their own personal space
shuttle.
4 People will be able to experience
weightlessness in their own home.
5 People will grow plants in space.
6 There will be budget flights to the moon
costing about €100.
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