The first space flight was a triumph for the Soviet Union and a political and diplomatic setback for the US. On 12 April 1961, manned space travel escaped the pages of fanciful fiction and arrived blazing into the here-and-now. He didn’t return after the mission empty-handed, since Charles fetched a physical lunar souvenir. The loneliness of the moonscape made the greatest impact on Charles.ġ0.
After landing, the crew had to rest for 6 hours before going out onto the moon surface.ĩ. During the process of landing, the crew panicked since they couldn’t find a landing spot because of the dust.Ĩ. When he first found out he was going to the moon, Charles was exhilarated.ħ. The interviewer is pretty sure Charles sailed through his training.ĥ. The hardest part of the training for Charles was endlessly practising the lunar landing.Ĥ. The Gagarins moved to Gzhatsk as they didn’t want to live in their house any longer after it had been dishonoured by the Nazi occupation.ģ. As a child, Charles showed no particular interest in space travel.Ģ. For items 1–10 listen to an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is talking about his trip to the moon, and decide whether the statements 1–10 are TRUE according to the text you hear, or FALSE, or the information on the statement is NOT STATED in the text.
