NASA

By: Trevor & Ben

Overview

What is NASA? The Launch of NASA NASA’s High Points Moon Controversy Astronauts The Fall Future Missions Random Facts Conclusion

NASA?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

16 Facilities

Kenney Space Center

Head Quarters

(Rodrigo)“Advancing technology and science through flight.”

-Dryden’s Mission

Launch of NASA

"An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes.“ – Congress Preamble

 President Dwight D. Eisenhower October 1, 1958 National Defense Cold War

(Garber)

Explorer 1 (1958)

First U.S. Satellite 80 inches long

Diameter 6.25 inches 30.8 lbs

12.5 rotation cycle around earth

Measure Cosmic Rays

Pickerting, Allen, Braun

(Zell)

Freedom 7 (1961)

(Siceloff)

Apollo 11 (1969)

President Kennedy

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” –Neil Armstrong 

(Ryba)

Space Shuttle (1972-2011)

Reusable Spacecraft Saved Money President Nixon Space Shuttle Columbia (1981) STS-1: 36 Orbits around Earth

(Ryba)

Hubble Space Telescope (1990-present)

Telescope on other side of Earth atmosphere

Edwin Hubble Universe is expanding 8 years to assemble 400,000 parts & 26,000 miles of wire

(NASA)

Mars Pathfinder (1996)

Unmanned Exploration December 1996 – July 1997: 306

Million Miles Landing Gear: Parachute & Airbags Expected lifespan of 7 days-1 month 2.3 billion bits of data (Grecious)

Curiosity

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Study Mars Habitability Launched Nov. 6, 2011 : Landed Aug.

5, 2012 253 Sols

(Grecious)

(Mann)

Future Mars Base

Obama administration, set a 2030 goal of two way trip to Mars.

Mars One-Private spaceflight

Use SpaceX Dragon capsule-First Group of for by 2022

Applications

Moon Controversy

WAVING FLAG

Ripple effect from being unfolded

DUST

Click

Astronauts

What does the word Astronaut mean?

Types of Astronauts General Requirements Professional Requirements

Astronaut Leroy Chiao (Hadhazy)

Budget Cuts

Cause of the Budget cut

Controversies

Potential effects of the cut

Future Mars Rover

Leveraging Heritage Technology 2020 Launch Preparing for future human missions

(Grecious)

Euclid

Measures the expansion of the universe

European Space Agency NASA contributes to the near-

infrared spectrometer and imaging photometer

 (Carreau)

NASA Inventions

Cordless Power Tools

Smoke Detectors

Temper Foam

Invisible Braces

(Conger)

NASA Inventions cont…

Scratch-resistant lenses

Ear thermometer

Shoe insoles

Water filters

(Conger)

Conclusion

NASA’s Launch NASA’s High Points Moon Controversy Astronauts The Fall Future Missions

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2013.

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