Space History

The Race for Space

http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10642/

Hipparchus

• Hipparchus created the world’s first accurate star map in 130 B.C. He created this map by his own knowledge of mathematics and observations of the stars.

Galileo Galilei

• In 1609 Galileo made improvements on the telescope. With his improvements he was able to discover four of Jupiter’s moons, cycles of Venus and was one of the first to study sunspots.

1. Sputnik- October 4, 1957

• Who- U.S.S.R.• Accomplishments-

first man made object to orbit the earth

2. NASA- October 1, 1958

• Who- USA• National Aeronautics

and Space Administration

3. Yuri Gargarin- April 12, 1961

• Who-U.S.S.R.• Accomplishments-

first man into space and orbits the Earth once in Vostok I

4. John Glenn- February 20, 1962

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

first American in orbit• Orbits the Earth 3

times in Mercury Friendship 7

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY87RTXzA04

4. John Glenn-October 29, 1998

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

oldest man in space (77) launches on space shuttle Discovery

5. Apollo 11- July 20, 1969

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong and then Buzz Aldrin

5. Saturn V- 1967

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

three staged rocket with enough power to send astronauts to the Moon during Apollo program and also launched Skylab

• http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/moon-machines-saturn-v.htm

5. Lunar Module “Eagle” July 20, 1969

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

Armstrong and Aldrin rode detached from the command module and rode in this to land on the Moon http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo40/index.html

5. Neil Armstrong

• First man to walk on the moon

• “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

6. Skylab-May 14, 1973

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

300 experiments performed including medical experiments on humans' adaptability to zero gravity

• Came back to Earth July 11, 1979

6. Mir- February 20, 1986

• Who-U.S.S.R.• Accomplishments-

docked with Soviet spacecraft and United States shuttles

• Helped prepare for ISS missions and experiments

• On March 23, 2001 Mir deorbited after 15 years

7. Voyager 1- August 1977

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

space probe is farthest man made object in space and first to leave solar system

• Detailed photo study of Jupiter/Saturn systems

• Carries golden record with details of life on Earth in case it’s discovered by intelligent life

8. Space Shuttle Program1981-2011

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-135

missions with reusable space vehicles

• 5 shuttles in fleet-Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis

8. Challenger- April 4, 1983

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments –

first shuttle spacewalk• First woman in space• Had 9 successful

launches

8. Challenger Disaster- January 28, 1986

• After the Challenger’s devastating destruction. President Ronald Reagan comforted the nation with these words, “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God.“

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE

8. Columbia- April 12, 1981• Who- NASA• Accomplishments- first

shuttle to launch• Had 27 missions before

final mission was lost 16 minutes before landing on February 1, 2003

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVBfiZvZos&feature=player_detailpage

9. Hubble- April 24,1990

• Who- NASA• Accomplishments-

deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery

• Able to take sharp photos of distant objects

• One picture shows 10,000 galaxies and goes back 13 billion years

• http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/space-sci/exploration/hubble-sci/

10. International Space Station- November 20, 1998

• Who- 16 different countries

• Accomplishments- completed July 8, 2011

• Largest satellite to orbit Earth, can be seen with the naked eye

• Research laboratory with microgravity

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLLF13IuAMI

• http://www.space.com/18597-iss-tour-russian-segment-soyuz-spacecraft-video.html

11. What does the future hold?

• Virgin Galactic Commercial Space Flight

• $200,000 tickets

• 6 minutes of weightlessness• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=3E1ECYlwCgs&list=UUlcvOr7LV8tlJwJvkNMmnKg

Moon/Mars missions…http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/space-exploration/future-

spaceflight/

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