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NASA. Space Age History. The Start of the Space Age. "An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes.". With this simple preamble, the Congress and the President of the United States created:

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  1. NASA Space Age History

  2. The Start of the Space Age • "An Act to provide for research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere, and for other purposes."

  3. With this simple preamble, the Congress and the President of the United States created: • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on October 1, 1958.

  4. So it Begins…. • The “Cold War”: • After WWII the USA and the USSR were locked in a struggle to prove which country’s ideas and ways were the best.

  5. Space Race • During this period, space exploration emerged as a major area of contest and became known as the space race.

  6. The first satellites • October 4, 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, first unmanned satellite to orbit the Earth.

  7. The first satellites • October 4, 1957 the Soviets launched Sputnik 1, first unmanned satellite to orbit the Earth. • January 31, 1958 the US launched it’s first unmanned satellite, Explorer 1

  8. Sputnik I The Launch

  9. Explorer I Left to Right: Dr. William Pickering, Dr. James Van Allen and Dr. Wernher von Braunhold aloft a model of Explorer I, the first successful US satellite, launched Jan. 31, 1958.

  10. NASA Programs • Mercury Program- 1st manned flights

  11. NASA Programs • Mercury Program- 1st manned flights • Alan Shepard – 1st American in Space (did not orbit) May 5, 1961

  12. NASA Programs • Mercury Program- 1st manned flights • Alan Shepard – 1st American in Space (did not orbit) May 5, 1961 • Soviets beat us by a few months-

  13. NASA Programs • Mercury Program- 1st manned flights • Alan Shepard – 1st American in Space (did not orbit) May 5, 1961 • Soviets beat us by a few months- • Yuri Gagarin – 1st man in space on April 12, 1961.

  14. John H. Glenn Jr. became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962.

  15. John H. Glenn Jr. became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. • Gemini Program – Walk in space & docking

  16. John H. Glenn Jr. became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth on February 20, 1962. • Gemini Program – Walk in space & docking • June 3, 1965, when Edward H. White, Jr., became the first U.S. astronaut to conduct a spacewalk

  17. Going to the Moon - Project Apollo • Apollo Program: • A NASA priority on May 25 1961, when President John F. Kennedy announced "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth." • A direct response to Soviet successes in space

  18. Apollo Program • Apollo I- Disaster, astronauts burned on launch pad

  19. Apollo 11 – Neil Armstrong- 1st man on the moon

  20. Apollo 13 – near disaster • Oxygen tank burst while in space causing all involved to get very creative in April 1970.

  21. Apollo 13 – near disaster • Oxygen tank burst while in space causing all involved to get very creative in April 1970. • Due to the explosion Apollo 13 never landed on the moon.

  22. Space Shuttle Program

  23. Space Shuttle Program • Reusable space transportation

  24. Space Shuttle Program • Reusable space transportation • Rides piggyback on 747 on Earth

  25. Space Shuttle Program • Reusable space transportation • Rides piggyback on 747 on Earth • Disasters

  26. Space Shuttle Program • Reusable space transportation • Rides piggyback on 747 on Earth • Disasters • Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off

  27. Space Shuttle Program • Reusable space transportation • Rides piggyback on 747 on Earth • Disasters • Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off • Columbia burned on reentry

  28. Probes – • Unmanned missions that travel farther than humans go. the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars on July 4, 1997 and explored the surface of the planet with its miniature rover

  29. Probes – • Unmanned missions that travel farther than humans go. Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched in 1977 are now in the “heliosheath” (the outer edges of the galaxy)

  30. NASA Future

  31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7526299.stm • http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/09/24/science/space/1194817120962/sputnik-s-legacy.html • http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11/ • http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/when-we-left-earth-apollo-11/ • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7523460.stm • http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/

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