Complete the sentences with the
appropriate verb in the correct tense.
• launch• transmit • explore• land
• communicate - design• represent
amazing facts
1 the soviet union
the world's first
artificial satellite. sputnik 1. from baikonur cosmodrome in
kazakhstan.
2 neil armstrong was the first astronaut
the surface of the moon on foot.
3 a small satellite in space can receive
5,000 telephone calls and 12 tv shows at the same time.
4 modern firefighters' suits are similar to the space suits
that scientists for astronauts.
5 in november 1974, scientists tried to
with extraterrestrials for
the first time.
6 the unmanned spacecraft exomars lifted off
from baikonur cosmodrome on a mission to
on mars and search for signs of
life.
7 the first astronaut to
britain in
space was helen sharman, a chemist who
visited the mir space station in 1991.​