Space race
Man on the Moon: 45 years on
On July 20th 1969 the world
stood still to watch the first man walk on the Moon
American
astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong (see photo) went down in history when he became
the first man to set foot on the Moon. He was accompanied on his flight in
Apollo 11 by two other astronauts: Edwin 'Buzz'
Aldrin and Michael Collins. The rocket was launched
on July 16th 1969, from Cape Canaveral,Florida, USA. The spacecraft
covered over 360,000 kilometers on its way to lunar orbit. As he was
the commander, Armstrong had the privilege of being the first man to walk on
the Moon. Fifteen minutes later, Aldrin followed him. According to NASA, over a
billion people watched it on TV. One of the most notable points in this
remarkable event was when Armstrong said: “This is one small step
for a man, one giant leap for mankind”. In total, Armstrong and Aldrin walked
around the Moon for about two and a half hours. Neil Armstrong is
now 79 years old, and lives in Ohio, USA.
The view
from the Apollo 11 Command and Service Module (CSM) "Columbia" shows
the Earth rising above the Moon's horizon on July 20th, 1969.
Brazil in
space
Brazil only
managed to send its first astronaut into space on March 30th 2006. Aboard
the Russian spacecraft Soyuz-TMA-8, Marcos César Pontes set off for the
International Space Station (ISS), where he carried out eight scientific
experiments. He came back to earth on April 8th 2006.
Vocabulary
1 stood still to watch –
parou para acompanhar
2 to set foot – pisar / por
os pés
3 rocket – foguete
4 as he was the commander –
por ser o comandante
5 step – passo
6 leap – salto
7 mankind – humanidade
8 to set off – partir para /
decolar
9 to carry out - realizar
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