1. Space Travel
Cristal Locke

2. First Dog in Space
Laika was the first dog sent into orbit around the Earth.
Sputnik 2, Russian, November 3, 1957
Laika was originally thought to have survived in Earth orbit for four days, dying in space when the batteries to the cabin over-heated.
In 2002, we realized that Laika died 5 to 7 hours into the flight, from overheating and stress.

3. Other Dogs Lisichka and Bars died during a test flight July 28, 1960
Strelka, Belka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a number of plants
Recovered. Orbited 18 times.
August 19, 1960
Pchelka and Mushka
died when re-entering the Earth's atmosphere at the wrong angle and burned up
December 1, 1960
Damka and Krasavka
the third stage of the SL-3 rocket failed, and the orbital launch was aborted
December 22, 1960
Lisichka (meaning "Little Fox") and Bars (meaning "Panther" or "Lynx") - died during a test flight on July 28, 1960
Strelka (meaning "Little Arrow") , Belka (meaning "Squirrel"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a number of plants - safely recovered from Korabl'-Sputnik-2. Launched August 19, 1960, it orbited the Earth 18 times. This was the first successful recovery of living biological specimens after an orbital mission. Strelka later gave birth to a litter of 6 healthy puppies; one was given to President John F. Kennedy as a gift. A stamp from Bulgaria featuring Strelka, Chernushka, Zvezdochka, and Belka.
Pchelka (meaning "Little Bee") and Mushka (meaning "Little Fly")- died when Korabl'-Sputnik-3 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at the wrong angle and burned up, (launched December 1, 1960)
Damka (meaning "Little Lady") and Krasavka (meaning "Beauty") - Launched December 22, 1960, but the third stage of the SL-3 rocket failed, and the orbital launch was aborted; the two dogs survived an unplanned suborbital flight.
Chernushka (meaning "Blackie"), a dummy cosmonaut (known as "Ivan Ivanovich"), a few mice and a guinea pig - launched March 9, 1961.
Zvezdochka (meaning "Little Star") and a dummy cosmonaut in a space suit - launched on March 25, 1961 and orbited once in final preparation for the Vostok 1 mission. Zvezdochka was named by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
Verterok or Veterok (meaning "Breeze") and Ugolyok or Ugolek (meaning "Little Piece of Coal") were launched on February 22, 1966, in the satellite Kosmos 110. This was a 22-day mission.

4. More Dogs
Chernushka. a few mice and a guinea pig - launched March 9, 1961.
Zvezdochka - launched on March 25, 1961 and orbited once in final preparation for the Vostok 1 mission.
Verterok and Ugolyok were launched on February 22, 1966, in the satellite Kosmos 110. This was a 22-day mission.

5. Commemorative Stamps

6. Monkeynauts
Gordo the squirrel monkey. December 13, Drowned in the Atlantic Ocean when the flotation device on the nose cone failed and it sank.
Able and Baker, rhesus and squirrel monkey. May 28, Successful.

7. First Cosmonaut Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
March 9, March 27, 1968
Soviet human in space
Gagarin piloted the Vostok 1 mission which launched April 12, His flight lasted 108 minutes and orbited the Earth once. The spacecraft was recovered later that day in the Saratov region of the Soviet Union.

8. First Woman Cosmonaut
Colonel-Engineer Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
(1937- )
Soviet woman in space
She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963, and orbited the Earth 48 times. The flight lasted 2.95 days. The spacecraft was recovered on June 19, 1963, in the Soviet Union

9. First American in Space
Alan B. Shepard Jr.
( )
This astronaut briefly flew into space on May 5, 1961, in Freedom 7, a Mercury space capsule.
The capsule splashed down at sea and was retrieved by helicopter.

10. First American Woman in Space
Sally Kristen Ride
( May 26, )
Dr. Ride's first trip into space was aboard NASA's space shuttle Challenger (STS-7) in 1983 (June 18-June 24). Her second (and last) space flight was the eight-day Challenger (STS 41-G) mission (in October, 1984).

11. First Person to Walk on Moon
Neil Alden Armstrong
(1930- )
Apollo 11 mission, which took off on July 16, Armstrong and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., landed on the moon on July 20, 1969

12. First Teacher Chosen for Space
Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe
( )
NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger Mission 51-L exploded only 73 seconds after its launch on the morning of January 28, 1986.

13. Challenger Accident 1986

14. First African American Woman
Mae C. Jemison
(October 17, )
Space Shuttle Endeavor (STS-47, Spacelab-J) as the Mission Specialist; the mission lifted off on September 12, 1992 and landed on September 20, 1992.

15. First Space Station Salyut 1 Launched on April 19, 1971 from Baikonur.
13.1 meters long and about 4.2 meters across
Unsuccessfully docked with the space station on June 7, 1971 (the docking mechanism was damaged during the docking process).
They couldn't enter the space station, but spent 21 days orbiting the Earth.
The next crew (Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev) spent 24 days on the station; they died during the return trip to Earth (on June 30). The space station orbited for days but was never used again.

16. International Space Station
United States
Russia
Japan
Europe
Canada
Italy
Brazil
Hyperlink to see who is responsible for which part of the ISS
What do they need?

17. Future Space Stations life support
atmosphere control, supply and recycling
water recycling
temperature control
food supply
waste removal
fire protection
propulsion - move the station in orbit
communications and tracking - talk with ground-based flight controllers
navigation - find its way around
electrical power
computers - coordinate and handle information
resupply - methods of getting new supplies and removing waste
emergency escape route

18. Foolish Humans!
Orson Welles – The War of the Worlds – 1958