man & his curiosity of space
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Man & His Curiosity of
Space
First Launch -
HistoryA new chapter in space flight
began in July 1950 with the launch
of the first rocket from Cape
Canaveral
Yuri Gagarin -
Wanderer First man to venture into the great
expansion. He was the first human
to journey into outer space, when
his Vostok spacecraft completed
an orbit of the Earth on 12 April
1961.
Moon Landing –
Revolution
“One small step for
man, one giant
leap for mankind”
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that
landed the first humans on the
Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong
and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969
Lunar Rover -
ProgressThe Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or
lunar rover was a battery-powered
four-wheeled rover used on the
Moon in the last three missions of
the American Apollo program (15,
16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972.
Mars Rover –
Martian HunterGrants further discoveries :
Rover discovers clues to wet
history in texture of a Martian Rock
NASA Mars Rover Opportunity
Climbs to High Point on Rim.
Mysterious radio
waves emitted from
nearby galaxy -
Discovery
There is something strange in the
cosmic neighbourhood. An
unknown object in the nearby
galaxy M82 has started sending
out radio waves, and the emission
does not look like anything seen
anywhere in the universe before.
Kepler - FarseerYears ago, before the launch of
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft,
astronomers were thrilled when
they discovered a single planet.
Today, the Kepler team announced
715.