Станция «Мир»
The Mir Space Station
A2 · Elementary · non-fiction · 26 scenes · Free to read
An A2 non-fiction story about the legendary Mir space station — the first big home in space built piece by piece in orbit. From the launch of the first module in 1986 to fires, a collision, record flights, and international crews, follow fifteen years of life above the Earth and the legacy that lives on aboard the ISS.
Characters
- The narrator (Обзор) — Your guide
- Mir («Мир») — The station
- The first crew (Первый экипаж) — Kizim and Solovyov
- Helen Sharman (Хелен Шарман) — The first Briton in space
- Valeri Polyakov (Валерий Поляков) — The record holder
- Michael Foale (Майкл Фоул) — The American astronaut
Vocabulary from this story
- космос — space
- орбита — orbit
- планета — planet
- звезда — star
- ракета — rocket
- атмосфера — atmosphere
- океан — ocean
- станция — station
- модуль — module
- блок — block
- батарея — battery
- антенна — antenna