IV. Space exploration. Исследование космоса

Sergei Korolyov - the famous designer of the space-rocket systems

 

 

Раньше я мечтал летать на самолетах
собственной конструкции, а после встречи
с К.Э. Циолковским решил строить только
ракеты и летать на них.
Это стало смыслом всей моей жизни.
С.П. Королев

/ I used to dream of flying own designs, and after the meeting K. E. Tsiolkovsky decided to build only rockets and fly them. That was the meaning of my life. /

S. P. Korolev

 

  аллея космонавтов      Байконур                      Н. А. Пилюгин и С. П. Королев на полигоне Капустин Яр.

III.. Reading.

Academician Sergei Pavlo­vich Korolyov

/1906 – 1966 /

Academician Sergei Pavlo­vich Korolyov, the famous So­viet scientist and designer ¹ of space-rocket systems, was born in the city of Zhitomir in the family of a teacher.

From 1927 he worked in the aircraft ² industry. In 1930, without leaving his job, he grad­uated from the Moscow Bauman Higher Technical School and finished a flying school in Zhi­tomir the same year.

After a meeting with Tsiolkovsky and studying his ideas, Korolyov became a rocket enthusiast. He was one of the founders of modern space-rocketry engineering.³

In 1933 the Group for Studying Jet Propulsion ⁴ was organized, and the first experimental rockets were made and tested. Korolyov took part in its work. From then on Korolyov devoted himself to developing Soviet space-rocketry engineering. Beginning with 1957 the first Earth satellites in the world were put into orbit with the help of the systems he has designed l and the far side of the Moon ⁶ was photographed. The spaceships, in which man first flew into space and from which he walked out into space, were made under his guidance.⁷

Korolyov trained many scientists and engineers who are now leading the work in research ⁸ institutes and designing bureaus which specialize in the sphere of space-rocketry engineering.

 

¹ designer [dɪˈzaɪnə] — конструктор; ² aircraft ['eakraft]— авиа­ция; ³ space-rocketry ['rokitri] engineering —космическое раке­тостроение; ⁴ Group for Studying Jet Propulsion [prəˈpʌlʃn] — Группа изучения реактивного движения; 5 to design [di'zain]— проектировать; ⁶Moon —луна; ⁷guidance ['gaidans] — руковод­ство;       ⁸ research [rɪˈsɜːʧ] — научное исследование

 

1. How old was Korolyov when he began to work in the aircraft in­dustry?

2. When did Korolyov graduate from the Moscow Bauman Higher Technical School?

3. What connection with aviation did Korolyov have before he became interested in cosmonautics?

4. What was the result of Korolyov’s meeting with Tsiolkovsky?

5. What achievements in space research were made under Koro­lyov’s guidance?

 Generalizing.

   Make up 6—7 sentences to express your opinion. Use ideas from the boxes and add your ideas.

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IV. SPACE EXPLORATION. Исследование космоса