FROM BAIKONUR TO THE STARS
The Baikonur Cosmodrome was built in the 1_. It
was the first cosmodrome in the world, and it is still the
largest and the busiest. It is located in the desert steppe
in Kazakhstan, about?__ km east of the Aral Sea.
A lot of space missions are launched from the
cosmodrome every year. Both Sputnik ? (the Earth's
first artificial satellite) and Vostok 1 (the first spacecraft
with a man on board) were launched from Gagarin's
Start at Baikonur.
The first Kazakh astronaut, Toktar Aubakirov, flew from
Gagarin's Start in 1991. He was a member of the 4
expedition to the Mir space station. Another Kazakh
astronaut, Talgat Musabayev, flew three missions – in
1994, 1998 and 5 _. In 2007, he became the head of
the Kazakh space agency KazCosmos.
Gagarin's Start, which is named after Yuri Gagarin, is
also the launch site for International Space Station
(ISS) missions. In 6 the astronaut Aidyn Aimbetov
was selected to fly on the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft
to the ISS. This was the ? launch from Gagarin's
Start. The launch was in 2015, but Aimbetov's journey
to space began more than twelve years earlier. In
he was sent to study in Star City in Russia. This is where
astronauts are trained. The training isn't easy. 'Flying
into space is not like buying a theatre ticket,' Aimbetov
said. After
years of training, he returned to
Kazakhstan in 2009 to work for KazCosmos. He always
wanted to travel into space under the Kazakh flag, and
his dream finally came true on 10 September 2015. ​

1.Young people often start meeting at the age of 14.

Do young people often start meeting at the age of 14?

Do young people often start meeting at the age of 14 or 13?

Young people often start meeting at the age of 14, don't they?

At what age do young people often start meeting?

Who often starts meeting at the age of 14?

2.Boys and girls go to parties together.

Do boys and girls go to parties together?

Do boys and girls go to parties or to school together?

Boys and girls go to parties together, don't they?

Who goes to parties together?

Where do boys and girls go  together?

3.They may go out with one person.

May they  go out with one person?

May they  go out with one  person or more?

They may go out with one person, mightn't they?

Who may go out with one person?

With how many persons may they go out?

Leon did not like arithmetic, but he read a lot of adventure books. And in the third day of the launch of an artificial satellite of the Earth boy got in mind to build a satellite and forever leave the Earth. Very hard to do, and Leon invited his friend to help him Romka. Do not be tempted surprise that the guys believe in what will build the satellite and space flight. It happens in childhood years.Events unfolded quickly. Leon received a deuce in arithmetic, Romka smashed home the most expensive vase, then the window. And both as quickly as possible to fly to the interplanetary space. Started fast preparation. A vacant lot, around the tree, iron barrel was empty. Must somehow contrive to throw it to the sky. And they started tinkering catapult. They dug a trench under the barrel, installed springs, springs and levers. Particular hardship guys when pulled up a tree and tied a hefty stone. He must, falling from a height, to put in place mechanisms and throw a satellite into space.

Time has passed. The boys climbed into the barrel. Lenya in solemn silence fastened hatch (cover drums), and then he gave the order:
- Ready! Start!

 bated breath, Leon struggled pulled the rope to the second end of which there is, in a tree, a stone being tied. There was a crash, something thundered. Barrel insanely turned around and jumped. Dumplings, bread, herring, potatoes, onions, and another for the prepared dish spun flight with astronauts ... The satellite oppressive silence reigned. And the guys were thinking that flying around in space. Leon even shouted:

   - Hooray! We're flying!

Suddenly a loud scream. The sky was cursing someone quickly. This voice belonged Fyokla janitor. What was at a meeting with her ... do not ask ... After an exciting meeting with parents guys ashamed. At school, a full month, joking, asking travelers about the experience of "space travel."

It turned out the most important thing to build a satellite, have a good knowledge of arithmetic, and Leon soon became the top student of the class. Words and phrases: space, the third man-made satellite, the most expensive vase, catapult, trench, spring, lever, astronaut, breathless space.

 Если подойдет я писала два дня, и это был доклад про космические путешествия.