Journey Through Space

 


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A modern age, the age of voyage into the limitless space has begun. This earth of ours is the only one of numberless stars and planets in the universe in which life exists. Journey through space means travelling from this earth to the outer space and other planets that populate this space. Man has always been attracted by the stars and planets that shine and Twinkle in the sky. The moon has been conquered by man. Now he wants To reach the other planets. And this is not a madman, s dream. The great Progress of science promises to fulfill man, s wish in the very near future Such powerful rockets have been built as can go millions of miles into space. They can rise above the gravitational force of the earth. Russia and America Has been trying to explore space for the last so many years. They have plans To land man on many planets. They are making great preparations for this challenging journey.

A group of astronauts-space explorers-have been trained. In 1957, Russia sent into orbit the first artificial satellite which rose some six Hundred miles in the space. America, to, launched a number of such satellites. This was the beginning of the conquest of space. The next achievement was the Sending of human beings in the artificial satellites. Both the countries have done this.

Russia started the race for the moon. But America has moved ahead . many American Astronauts have landed on the moon. The moon of course, was first target. Now man is Looking beyond the moon. There are so many other planets. Exploration of the planet Mars with unmanned spaceship has already started. Man is spending billions of dollars on space journey. Some people object to the wisdom of spending so much money on a project that dose not solve any problem of this earth.