Missions in SPACE!

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Unmanned Missions Voyager I and Voyager II – Launched in 1977 – Originally sent to survey outer planets – Continues to explore the outer edges of our solar system today.

Unmanned Missions Discoveries – Watch the video and write down every discovery you see. –

Unmanned Missions Discoveries – Outer planet rings – Outer planet moons – Geography of outer planets and moons Including lakes on titan! – Planetary features Jupiter’s red eye

Unmanned Missions The “Golden Record” – Read about the golden record and write an IVF summary about what you read.

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Voyager Recap yagerModule/JPLvoyagerModule.html yagerModule/JPLvoyagerModule.html

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Unmanned Missions Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover – Launched in 2011 and landed on Mars August 2012 – Goal: Study the biology, geology, and climate of mars. Break down materials and determine parts Evaluate atmosphere Determine water and CO2 cycles

Unmanned missions The difficult part is the landing – w.youtube. com/watch ?v=h2I8Ao B1xgU w.youtube. com/watch ?v=h2I8Ao B1xgU

Unmanned missions What can the curiosity rover do? be.com/watch?v= 64hvqhgbaLw be.com/watch?v= 64hvqhgbaLw

Unmanned missions Why do we do this? – Curiosity’s secondary goal is to set the stage for sending a human space crew to Mars.

Manned (and Woman-ed) Missions Project Mercury ( ) – First USA manned missions to space – Primary Objective: Put an astronaut in orbit around the earth. Project Gemini ( ) – Primary Objective: Develop technologies that would put American astronauts on the moon.

Manned (and Woman-ed) Missions The Apollo Program – First space program to put a person on the moon; specifically Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – The complexity of the mission was enormous

The Lunar Landing The summary 40/ 40/

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