1. Improvements in Technology
SPACE
Improvements in Technology
Sunday, September 7th, 2008

2. There have been a lot of improvements over the years that have made the space program possible.
Here are just a few examples:

3. Galileo's telescope 1609
This is Galileo’s telescope – the one he used to figure out that the planets were revolving around the sun, and not around the Earth…

4. Venus
…and this is how clear the planet Venus appeared through that telescope.

5. Hubble Telescope
This is the Hubble Space Telescope, a long way from Galileo’s telescope…

6. …and these are the images it can take from across millions of light years.

7. Model T Ford 1908
This is the Model T Ford, the first mass produced car in history…

8. Moon buggy 1971 …and this is the moon buggy we brought to the moon
with us.

9. Sputnik 1957
This is the first
satellite that was
launched into
space.

10. It travelled around the earth for 22 days and was capable of measuring atmospheric pressure.

11. Voyager 1, 1977
Voyager, by comparrison, travelled throughout our solar system, taking pictures and measurements of our planets for the first time.
It left our solar system in 2003 and is still functioning.

12. Salyut 1 (1971) and Skylab (1973)
The first space stations were amazing achievements, but we’ve come a long way in 35 years.

13. Space station 2008

14. NASA Home and Space There have been many spinoffs from the space
program that affect all of
our lives. To see how
many there are, click on
this link or click this
picture
and answer the questions
on your worksheet.