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