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Space History

Space History. The Race for Space http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10642/. Hipparchus created the world’s first accurate star map in 130 B.C. He created this map by his own knowledge of mathematics and observations of the stars. Hipparchus.

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Space History

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  1. Space History The Race for Space http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10642/

  2. Hipparchus created the world’s first accurate star map in 130 B.C. He created this map by his own knowledge of mathematics and observations of the stars. Hipparchus

  3. In 1609 Galileo made improvements on the telescope. With his improvements he was able to discover four of Jupiter’s moons, cycles of Venus and was one of the first to study sunspots. Galileo Galilei

  4. Who- U.S.S.R. Accomplishments- first man made object to orbit the earth 1. Sputnik- October 4, 1957

  5. 2. NASA- October 1, 1958 • Who- USA • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  6. Who-U.S.S.R. Accomplishments- first man into space and orbits the Earth once in Vostok I 3. Yuri Gargarin- April 12, 1961

  7. Who- NASA Accomplishments- first American in orbit Orbits the Earth 3 times in Mercury Friendship 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY87RTXzA04 4. John Glenn- February 20, 1962

  8. Who- NASA Accomplishments- oldest man in space (77) launches on space shuttle Discovery 4. John Glenn-October 29, 1998

  9. Who- NASA Accomplishments- first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong and then Buzz Aldrin 5. Apollo 11- July 20, 1969

  10. Who- NASA Accomplishments- three staged rocket with enough power to send astronauts to the Moon during Apollo program and also launched Skylab http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/moon-machines-saturn-v.htm 5. Saturn V- 1967

  11. Who- NASA Accomplishments- Armstrong and Aldrin rode detached from the command module and rode in this to land on the Moon http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo40/index.html 5. Lunar Module “Eagle” July 20, 1969

  12. First man to walk on the moon “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” 5. Neil Armstrong

  13. Who- NASA Accomplishments- 300 experiments performed including medical experiments on humans' adaptability to zero gravity Came back to Earth July 11, 1979 6. Skylab-May 14, 1973

  14. Who-U.S.S.R. Accomplishments- docked with Soviet spacecraft and United States shuttles Helped prepare for ISS missions and experiments On March 23, 2001 Mir deorbited after 15 years 6. Mir- February 20, 1986

  15. Who- NASA Accomplishments- space probe is farthest man made object in space and first to leave solar system Detailed photo study of Jupiter/Saturn systems Carries golden record with details of life on Earth in case it’s discovered by intelligent life 7. Voyager 1- August 1977

  16. Who- NASA Accomplishments-135 missions with reusable space vehicles 5 shuttles in fleet-Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis 8. Space Shuttle Program1981-2011

  17. Who- NASA Accomplishments – first shuttle spacewalk First woman in space Had 9 successful launches 8. Challenger- April 4, 1983

  18. After the Challenger’s devastating destruction. President Ronald Reagan comforted the nation with these words, “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God.“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4JOjcDFtBE 8. Challenger Disaster- January 28, 1986

  19. Who- NASA Accomplishments- first shuttle to launch Had 27 missions before final mission was lost 16 minutes before landing on February 1, 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZVBfiZvZos&feature=player_detailpage 8. Columbia- April 12, 1981

  20. Who- NASA Accomplishments- deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery Able to take sharp photos of distant objects One picture shows 10,000 galaxies and goes back 13 billion years http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/science/space-sci/exploration/hubble-sci/ 9. Hubble- April 24,1990

  21. Who- 16 different countries Accomplishments- completed July 8, 2011 Largest satellite to orbit Earth, can be seen with the naked eye Research laboratory with microgravity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLLF13IuAMI http://www.space.com/18597-iss-tour-russian-segment-soyuz-spacecraft-video.html 10. International Space Station- November 20, 1998

  22. 11. What does the future hold? • Virgin Galactic Commercial Space Flight • $200,000 tickets • 6 minutes of weightlessness • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E1ECYlwCgs&list=UUlcvOr7LV8tlJwJvkNMmnKg Moon/Mars missions… http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/space-exploration/future-spaceflight/ ?????

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