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ALAN SHEPARD’S JOURNEY TO THE MOON
After the success of Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong as the first man who set foot on the Moon
in 1969, there were five other successful landings. One of them was Apollo 14, which landed
on the Moon in 1971. The mission commander, Alan Shepard, was 47 years old then. At that
time, he was the oldest astronaut in space. Ten years earlier, Shepard had been the first
American who travelled into space and then it had seemed certain that he, and not Armstrong,
would land on the Moon first.
The race to the Moon began in the late 1950s and thousands of people applied to NASA.
In 1959, Shepard was chosen for the first group of astronauts. They were collectively known
as the Mercury Seven. Armstrong joined NASA three years later. Although Shepard and
Armstrong knew each other, they were never members of the same crew.
In 1961, after his first journey into space, Shepard was diagnosed with an illness influencing
both his hearing and balance. Consequently, he was disqualified from space flights. He felt very
disappointed when he was given a desk job at NASA headquarters in Florida. He was
responsible for selecting astronauts and making sure they were ready to fly but his real dream
was to land on the Moon.
In 1969, he checked into a Los Angeles hotel under a false name and then had a risky pioneering
operation in one of the city’s hospitals. The surgeon successfully implanted a small tube in his
ear. When Shepard returned to work, he informed his boss about the operation. NASA watched
him for about a year and they decided that he was well enough to fly into space again.
Shepard wanted to be in charge of the Apollo 13 mission. He was supported by his old friend -
a member of the Mercury Seven team - who was responsible for recruiting Apollo crews at that
time. However, NASA’s administration didn’t let Shepard go on that mission. The reason was
Shepard’s age and a long break from space travel. Today, age is not a barrier for astronauts but
in the early days of space flights experts were not sure what effect ageing might have on
the performance of astronauts. But again, Shepard didn’t give up. He started working out
intensively, passed all the necessary tests and finally, in 1971, NASA gave him permission to
fly into space again.
adapted from www.bbc.com
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6.1. From the first paragraph we learn that Shepard
A. landed on the Moon five times.
B. was a member of the Apollo 11 space mission.
C. was 47 years old when he first flew into space.
D. was expected to land on the Moon before Armstrong.
6.2. In 1959, Alan Shepard
A. had some problems with his ear.
B. was forbidden to fly a plane on his own.
C. became a member of the Mercury Seven team.
D. flew into space with Armstrong.
6.3. After Alan Shepard was disqualified from space flights, he
A. bought a house in Los Angeles.
B. began working in an office.
C. had a few operations in Florida.
D. decided to work under a pseudonym.
6.4. Shepard couldn’t join the Apollo 13 mission because
A. at that time he was in charge of recruiting astronauts.
B. one of the crew members did not want him on that spaceship.
C. NASA announced a break in space flights.
D. he was considered too old to travel into space.
6.5. The text is about
A. space missions to different planets.
B. missions to the Moon which were cancelled.
C. an astronaut’s determination to make his dream come true.
D. a training programme for astronauts.
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