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Space Exploration and Probes

Space Exploration and Probes. The Space Age. Artificial Satellites Built by humans Purposes Communications– TV, Radio, Phone Weather– Tracking and forecasting Navigation– Boats and Planes Scientific– Study earth and solar system. The Space Age. Laboratories in Space 1973 Skylab

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Space Exploration and Probes

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  1. Space Exploration and Probes

  2. The Space Age • Artificial Satellites • Built by humans • Purposes • Communications– TV, Radio, Phone • Weather– Tracking and forecasting • Navigation– Boats and Planes • Scientific– Study earth and solar system

  3. The Space Age • Laboratories in Space • 1973 Skylab • Science & engineering space lab; fell from orbit in 1979 • 1986 Russian Mir Space Station • Holds record for longest continuous human habitants in outer space with 8 days short of 10 years • Purposely de-orbited in 2001

  4. The Mir Space Station

  5. The Space Age • Laboratories in Space (continued) • International Space Station • Being built (2000 to present) • Projected completion date is 2010 • Studies a variety of the aspects of science in space conditions. • Goals include finding means of space colonization and long term space travel

  6. International Space Station

  7. The Space Age • To the Moon! • Sputnik • 1st satellite • Launched by the Russians • (October 4, 1957)

  8. The Space Age • To the Moon! • Mercury • One man crew • Goal to get men into space • “Original” astronauts • Alan Sheperd- 1st American in space • John Glenn- 1st to orbit the Earth • Gus Grissom- botched Mercury 2 mission; killed on launch of Apollo mission

  9. The Space Age • To the Moon! • Gemini • Two man crew; Carried out maneuvers in space • Apollo • Three man crew; reached the moon • Apollo 11- Michael Collins (command module); Neil Armstrong (first on moon- “One Small Step…”), Buzz Aldrin (pictured in “Man on the Moon”) • Five missions followed including Alan Sheperd hitting a golf ball

  10. Apollo 11 Mission

  11. Apollo 15 and Apollo 11

  12. The Space Age • To the Moon! • Now we use Space shuttles • Discovery- burned in air killing crew including a teacher. • Takes off like rocket and lands like a plane • Reusable

  13. The Space Shuttle Endeavor

  14. The Space Age • Space Probes • Unmanned equipment sent to explore space and planets • Magellan mapped the planet Venus

  15. Magellan Space Probe

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