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Space Exploration Timeline. Tye Shelton. 1900 - 1926. 1900- Tsiolkovsky started testing rockets. Russia is responsible for this project. This started the interest in space for America. 1914- Goddard patents the first Rocket design. United states were responsible for this.
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Space Exploration Timeline Tye Shelton
1900 - 1926 • 1900- Tsiolkovsky started testing rockets. Russia is responsible for this project. This started the interest in space for America. 1914- Goddard patents the first Rocket design. United states were responsible for this. 1926- Goddard launches first successful rocket. It was a liquid fuel booster. Us was responsible.
1930 - 1930- V2 rocket is manufactured. Germany is respnosible. It will later be used in war. 1944- v2 spacecraft left Earths Atmosphere. The V-2 was an unmanned, guided, ballistic missile. It was guided by an advanced gyroscopic system that sent signals to aerodynamic steering tabs on the fins and vanes in the exhaust. It was propelled by an alcohol (a mixture of 75% ethyl alcohol and 25% water), and liquid oxygen fuel. The two liquids were delivered to the thrust chamber by two rotary pumps, driven by a steam turbine.
1954- 1957 • 1954- Viking spacecraft reached 159 miles above earth. NASA's Viking Mission to Mars was composed of two spacecraft, Viking 1 and Viking 2, each consisting of an orbiter and a lander. The primary mission objectives were to obtain high resolution images of the Martian surface, characterize the structure and composition of the atmosphere and surface, and search for evidence of life. Viking 1 was launched on August 20, 1975 and arrived at Mars on June 19, 1976. • 1957- Soviet satellite, Sputnik became the Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth. It was launched from BaikonurCosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union. The Russian word "Sputnik" means "companion" ("satellite" in the astronomical sense).first manmade object to orbit earth
1961- • 1961- YuirGuriani becomes first space traveler. USSR is respnonsible. • 1961, at the age of 27, Gagarin left the earth. It was April the 12th, 9.07 Moscow time (launch-site, Baikonur). 108 minutes later, he was back . The period of orbital revolution was 89:34 minutes (this figure was "calculated by electronic computers"). • 1961- Redstone rocket lifts off. The Redstone was a high-accuracy, liquid-propelled, surface-to-surface missile and was a direct descendant of the German V-2 rocket. The Redstone's liquid-fueled engine burned alcohol and liquid oxygen and produced about 75,000 pounds (333,617 newtons) of thrust
1967- • 1967- lunar orbiter takes pictures of the moon. Five Lunar Orbiter missions were launched in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. All five missions were successful, and 99% of the Moon was photographed with a resolution of 60 m or better. The first three missions were dedicated to imaging 20 potential lunar landing sites, selected based on Earth-based observations. • 1969- Niel Armstrong is first man to walk on moon. Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.
1971- • 1971- First space station ends it two year mission. Salyut 1 is its name. U.S.A is responsible. The 'civilian' DOS station was built on basis of the military Almaz stations with the mission of beating the American Skylab in the space station race and to determine the usefulness of manned observation of the earth by 1974. DOS-1 was launched as Salyut 1 on 19 April 1971. The triumph turned to tragedy when the Soyuz-11 crew died due to de-pressurization of their re-entry capsule during return to the earth. • 1972- Apollo 16 takes pictures of Earth. 1971- Mariner 9 takes pictures of mars. Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. The spacecraft circled Mars twice a day for two year analyzing the atmosphere.
