1. Space Exploration Notes

2. Space Exploration Notes
NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) goal is to provide for RESEARCH into problems of flight within and outside Earth’s atmosphere and to ensure that the United States conducts activities in space devoted to peaceful purposes for the BENEFIT OF HUMANITY

3. Sputnik 1 (1957): Russia 2. Vostok 1 (1961): Russia
First satellite to orbit the Earth
2. Vostok 1 (1961): Russia
Yuri Gargarian is the first human man to go into space and return alive.

4. 3. Luna 9 (1966): Russia 4. Venera 4 (1967): Russia
The first man made probe to land on the moon and transmit data back to earth.
4. Venera 4 (1967): Russia
The first probe to successfully land on another planet (Venus) and transmit data to Earth.

5. 5. Apollo 11 (1969): USA 6. Columbia – STS1 (1981): USA
The first man (Neil Armstrong) to land and walk on the moon. The first moon samples were brought back to Earth.
6. Columbia – STS1 (1981): USA
The space shuttle program begins.

6. 7. Discovery – STS31 (1990): USA 8. Voyager 1 (2013): USA
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
8. Voyager 1 (2013): USA
The first man-made probe to leave our solar system (launched in 1977).

8. Since the Apollo missions, humans have continued to explore space through the use of SPACE LABS , PROBES and ROVERS . The next manned mission to the moon is planned for 2025 on the Orion spacecraft. Upcoming missions include MARS ONE and the arrival of the New Horizon’s mission to ­ PLUTO in Watch This!