space exploration
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Space Exploration. Sputnik I. October 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/sputnik.wav. Sputnik II. Laika – first dog in space November 1957. October 1, 1958. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Space Exploration
Sputnik I
• October 4, 1957• Soviet Union launches
Sputnik 1• http://history.nasa.gov/
sputnik/sputnik.wav
Sputnik II• Laika – first dog in
space• November 1957
October 1, 1958National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
• NASA is formed after congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act
The Mercury Program1959-1963
April 12, 1961Cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin becomes the first human to enter
space and return safely
Video Footage
Alan Shepard- First American in Space
Video Footage
Valentina Tereshkova- First Woman in Space
1963!
Apollo Program (U.S.)
The Apollo Moon Landing – July 20, 1969Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and
Neil Armstrong become the first men to walk on the moon.
Video Footage
November 13, 1971
Mariner 9 orbits Mars
September 1976
• Water discovered on Mars
The Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)April 12,1981
First Space Shuttle Launch
Deliverables:
Sally Ride- First American Woman in Space
• June 18, 1983• Sally Ride becomes the first
American woman in space with launch of shuttle mission STS-7 aboard the space shuttle Challenger
August 30, 1983
• Guion S. Bluford Jr. becomes first African American man in space with launch of shuttle mission STS-8 aboard Challenger
January 28, 1986
• First major catastrophe for NASA, when space shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51L) explodes 73 seconds after takeoff with 7 crew members aboard
February 20, 1986
• Mir Station launched
April 24, 1990
• Hubble Telescope Launched
July 4, 1997
• Mars Pathfinders land on Mars
November 20, 1998• First piece of the
International Space Station is launched (ISS)
February 1, 2003
• Space shuttle Columbia explodes upon re-entry.
January 2004
• Spirit and Opportunity arrive on the Martian surface.
• Opportunity still explores Mars today
September 8, 2004
• After capturing particles from the sun, Genesis crash-lands in Utah
• Samples recovered from wreck
August 4, 2007
• Phoenix Lander launches on its way to explore the northern pole of Mars