Answer to Dictation 1
There is now a record number of 19 people up in the heavens.
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Answer to Dictation 2
The three person crew on board a Russian Soyuz capsule docked at the ISS.
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Answer to Dictation 3
Chinese astronauts are also part of the record as they have three taikonauts.
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Answer to Dictation 4
The remaining four space travellers are part of SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission.
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Answer to Dictation 5
That project saw a historic first ever civilian spacewalk last Thursday.
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Answer to Dictation 6
There is a point of contention regarding the recent record.
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Answer to Dictation 7
NASA and the US military regard the boundary separating Earth's atmosphere.
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Answer to Dictation 8
The conventional definition of the edge of space is called the Karman Line.
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Answer to Dictation 9
The International Aeronautical Federation puts this line at an altitude of 100 km.
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Answer to Dictation 10
Differentiate between what constitutes an aircraft and a spacecraft.
See the astronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut lesson for the whole text.
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