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Before Shuttles

Before Shuttles. _______________ All space flights were made with a single use craft. 1960-1970’s. April 1961. _______________ Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian 1 st human to orbit earth. May 1961. _______________ US. Alan Shepard went into space but not into orbit.

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Before Shuttles

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  1. Before Shuttles _______________ All space flights were made with a single use craft 1960-1970’s April 1961 _______________ Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarian 1st human to orbit earth May 1961 _______________ US. Alan Shepard went into space but not into orbit At this point U.S. Seems to be losing the Cold War and Space Race

  2. More Before Shuttles Feb 1962 _______________ John Glenn orbited the Earth. ___________________ Apollo 11 landed on Moon, Neil Armstrong 1st to walk on moon. July 1969 __________________ NASA decided to build a reusable spacecraft. Space flight was very expensive. Late 1970’s

  3. Shuttles: ___________ reusable vehicle that takes off like a rocket and lands like a plane A space shuttle 1St Shuttle launch was in 1982

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