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Missions in SPACE!. Before we start…. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/50824838/#50824838. Unmanned Missions. Voyager I and Voyager II Launched in 1977 Originally sent to survey outer planets Continues to explore the outer edges of our solar system today. Unmanned Missions. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Missions in SPACE!
Before we start….
• http://video.msnbc.msn.com/mitchell-reports/50824838/#50824838
Unmanned Missions
• Voyager I and Voyager II– Launched in 1977– Originally sent to
survey outer planets– Continues to
explore the outer edges of our solar system today.
Unmanned Missions
• Discoveries– Watch the video and write down every discovery
you see.– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1mLpjxmYY
Unmanned Missions
• Discoveries– Outer planet rings– Outer planet moons– Geography of outer
planets and moons• Including lakes on titan!
– Planetary features• Jupiter’s red eye
Unmanned Missions
• The “Golden Record”– Read about the golden record and write an IVF
summary about what you read.
Contents of the Golden Records
• http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/scenes.html
Voyager Recap
• http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/JPLvoyagerModule/JPLvoyagerModule.html
Back to that Meteor…
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvHl5Qcnzc
Unmanned Missions
• Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover– Launched in 2011 and landed on Mars August
2012– Goal: Study the biology, geology, and climate of
mars.• Break down materials and determine parts• Evaluate atmosphere• Determine water and CO2 cycles
Unmanned missions
• The difficult part is the landing– http://ww
w.youtube.com/watch?v=h2I8AoB1xgU
Unmanned missions
• What can the curiosity rover do?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64hvqhgbaLw
Unmanned missions• Why do we do this?– Curiosity’s secondary goal is to set the stage for
sending a human space crew to Mars.
Manned (and Woman-ed) Missions
• Project Mercury (1959-1963)– First USA manned missions to space– Primary Objective: Put an astronaut in orbit
around the earth.• Project Gemini (1962-1966)– Primary Objective: Develop technologies that
would put American astronauts on the moon.
Manned (and Woman-ed) Missions
• The Apollo Program– First space program to put a person on the moon;
specifically Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin– The complexity of the mission was enormous• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
The Lunar Landing
• The summary• http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_
40/