Read the text. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

• Группы
  • TRUE
  • FALSE
• Варианты
  • Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who invented radio.
  • Guglielmo Marconi's invention appeared about the same time as Popov’s.
  • Sergei Pavlovich Korolev was the father of practical astronautics.
  • Alexander Stepanovich Popov published his works in 1897.
  • The world's first artificial satellite was launched by the USA.
  • Sputnik was a large cylinder-shaped object that moves very fast by forcing out burning gases.
  • Sergei Pavlovich Korolev becamethe first human to journey into outer space.