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MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP. The History of Flight by Brian Katz. The Ancient Ones. Ancient Greeks And Romans Pictured Many Of Their Gods With Wings Pegasus - The Horse Who Flew Through The Skies Daedalus and Icarus - The Father And Son Who Escaped Prison With Wings Made Of Wax.
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MAN’S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP The History of Flight by Brian Katz
The Ancient Ones • Ancient Greeks And Romans Pictured Many Of Their Gods With Wings • Pegasus - The Horse Who Flew Through The Skies • Daedalus and Icarus - The Father And Son Who Escaped Prison With Wings Made Of Wax
Wan Hu • A Man In Ancient China Fastened A Bundle Of Firecrackers To His Chair In An Attempt To Launch Into Space • Wan Hu Was Never Seen Again
Montgolfier Brothers • First People To Go Up Into The Air Were The Montgolfier Brothers From France • 4 June 1783 Hot Air Balloon Took Off From Annonay, France • Rose To A Height Of 1000 meters And Went A Distance Of 2 Kilometers • 21 November 1783 They Flew Over Paris In A Flight That Lasted 25 Minutes And An Altitude Of 3000 ft Before Landing 5 Miles Away
War Time • Chinese Repelled Monguls With Rockets • 1200s - 1600s • British Military • 1700s - present
First Powered Flight • December 17, 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright Of Dayton, Ohio Were Successful In Flying A Heavier Than Air Machine That Took Off With Its Own Power, Remained Under Control And Sustained Flight • Distance: 120 feet • Time Of Flight: 12 seconds
The Secret Is Out • May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh Goes From NY To Paris In 33 Hours 30 Minutes • 1932 Amelia Earhart • World War I and II
Sound Barrier Is Broken • October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager Flew The X-1 And Broke The Sound Barrier (700 mph)
October Sky • October 4, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik I • The World’s First Satellite; The Size Of A Basketball Weighing 183 lb • November 3, 1957 Soviet Union Successfully Launches Sputnik II • Dog Named Laika (7 Days In Space)
Man Enters Space • Soviet Union Puts Yuri Gagarin Into Space (12 April 1961) • First Man To Enter Space (108 minutes)
Kennedy’s Challenge • “I Believe that before the end of this decade, the US will put a man on the moon and return him safely back to the earth” - 1961
NASA Goes To Work • January 31, 1958 US Army Launches Explorer I And Puts First American Satellite Into Orbit • NASA IS Born October 1958
Project Mercury 1 Man Vehicle • May 5, 1961 Alan B. Shepard Jr. Becomes First American In Space (15 hours, 22 minutes) • Feb 20, 1962 John Glen Becomes First American To Orbit The Earth (3 Orbits, 4 hours, 55 hours, 23 minutes) • A Total Of 6 Mercury Launches From 1961 Thru 1963
Project Gemini2 Man Vehicle • 10 Gemini Missions 1965 Thru 1966 • Flight Times Ranging From 4 hours To 330 hours
The Eagle Has Landed • July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 Crew Leaves Cape Canaveral • July 20, 1969 The Lunar Module “Eagle” Lands On Moon • “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” • Neil Armstrong
Space Adventures • SkyLab 1973 • Apollo - Soyuz 1975
The Reuseable Space Vehicle • April 12, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia Leaves Cape Canaveral 113 Launches Columbia Challenger Atlantis Discovery Endeavour
Tomorrow • Space Planes For Quicker Travel Between Countries • Space Tourism • Planetary Exploration (Manned and Unmanned) • Advanced Propulsion Systems