The exploration of space has been important in American’s history. American astronauts have walked on the moon, lived on the Mir space station, and orbited the earth many times in the space shuttle.
Date | Program | Crew | Details |
5/5/61 | Mercury Redstone | Shepard | 1st American in space |
12/21/68 | Apollo Saturn 8 | Borman, Lovell, Anders | 1st lunar(月球的)orbit;views of lunar surface televised to Earth |
7/26/71 | Apollo Saturn 15 | Scott, Irwin, Worden | 4th moon landing, 1st lunar rover(飞行器) use |
5/14-11/16/73 | Skylab1, 2, 3, 4 | Conrad, Kervin, Weitz, etc. | 1st |
4/12/81 | Young, Crippen | 1st space shuttle flight | |
1/28/86 | Challenger | . Scobee, Smith, Resnik, etc. | Exploded after takeoff |
4/24/90 | Discovery | McCandless, Sullivan, Shriver, etc | Launched Hubble Space Telescope which sends pictures of space to Earth |
6/27/95 | Atlantis | Gibson, Precourt, Baker, etc. | Exchanged crew members with Mir |
7/23/99 | Collins, Ashby, Hawley, etc. | Collins was 1st woman to command a space shuttle; deployed(展开,部署) Chandra X-ray Observatory telescope | |
6/21/04 | Space Ship One | Melvill | 1st privately funded, manned spaceflight |
68. What’s the form mainly about?
A. The exploration of space shuttles.
B. Life of American astronauts in space.
C. The moon landing of American astronauts.
D. Memorable moments in American spaceflight.
69. When was the first orbit of the moon?
A. 1961 B. 1968 C. 1971 D. 1973
70. Who made the first private spaceflight?
A. Melvill B. Gibson C. McCandless D. Scobbe
71. Which part is the form probably taken from?
A. Tradition B. Technology C. Geography D. History