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ESL English Lesson: British Astronaut returns to Earth
D.J. Robinson
Recently, British astronaut Tim Peake returned to earth from the International Space Station (ISS). His journey back to earth was with two other spacemen on board a Soyuz space capsule that travelled through the atmosphere, with temperatures outside reaching more than 1,600°C (2,912°F).
Peake travelled home with fellow astronaut Col Tim Kopra from NASA, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko. The three completed their deorbit to enter the Earth’s atmosphere at around 10am on Saturday June 18. The Soyuz space capsule landed by parachute on its side in a remote spot in the vast scrubland steppe of Kazakhstan 15 minutes later.
Speaking/Game: As a class in a circle. “I went on board the International space Station and I saw…” Repeat what the previous items were. Add one more item. Forget something and you are eliminated! -- Gap fill: Reading, Gap fill: Grammar, Gap fill: Listening, Homework, Spelling, Etc.