1. The Race for Space http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10642/
Space History
The Race for Space

2. Hipparchus
Hipparchus created the world’s first accurate star map in 130 B.C. He created this map by his own knowledge of mathematics and observations of the stars.

3. Galileo Galilei
In 1609 Galileo made improvements on the telescope. With his improvements he was able to discover four of Jupiter’s moons, cycles of Venus and was one of the first to study sunspots.

4. 1. Sputnik- October 4, 1957 Who- U.S.S.R.
Accomplishments- first man made object to orbit the earth

5. 2. NASA- October 1, 1958
Who- USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

6. 3. Yuri Gargarin- April 12, 1961 Who-U.S.S.R.
Accomplishments- first man into space and orbits the Earth once in Vostok I

7. 4. John Glenn- February 20, 1962 Who- NASA
Accomplishments- first American in orbit
Orbits the Earth 3 times in Mercury Friendship 7

8. 4. John Glenn-October 29, 1998 Who- NASA
Accomplishments- oldest man in space (77) launches on space shuttle Discovery

9. 5. Apollo 11- July 20, 1969
Who- NASA
Accomplishments- first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong and then Buzz Aldrin

10. 5. Saturn V- 1967
Who- NASA
Accomplishments- three staged rocket with enough power to send astronauts to the Moon during Apollo program and also launched Skylab

11. 5. Lunar Module “Eagle” July 20, 1969
Who- NASA
Accomplishments- Armstrong and Aldrin rode detached from the command module and rode in this to land on the Moon

12. 5. Neil Armstrong First man to walk on the moon
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

13. 6. Skylab-May 14, 1973
Who- NASA
Accomplishments experiments performed including medical experiments on humans' adaptability to zero gravity
Came back to Earth July 11, 1979

14. 6. Mir- February 20, 1986 Who-U.S.S.R.
Accomplishments- docked with Soviet spacecraft and United States shuttles
Helped prepare for ISS missions and experiments
On March 23, 2001 Mir deorbited after 15 years

15. 7. Voyager 1- August 1977 Who- NASA
Accomplishments- space probe is farthest man made object in space and first to leave solar system
Detailed photo study of Jupiter/Saturn systems
Carries golden record with details of life on Earth in case it’s discovered by intelligent life

16. 8. Space Shuttle Program1981-2011
Who- NASA
Accomplishments-135 missions with reusable space vehicles
5 shuttles in fleet-Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis

17. 8. Challenger- April 4, 1983 Who- NASA
Accomplishments – first shuttle spacewalk
First woman in space
Had 9 successful launches

18. 8. Challenger Disaster- January 28, 1986
After the Challenger’s devastating destruction. President Ronald Reagan comforted the nation with these words, “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God.“

19. 8. Columbia- April 12, 1981 Who- NASA
Accomplishments- first shuttle to launch
Had 27 missions before final mission was lost 16 minutes before landing on February 1, 2003

20. 9. Hubble- April 24,1990 Who- NASA
Accomplishments- deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery
Able to take sharp photos of distant objects
One picture shows 10,000 galaxies and goes back 13 billion years

21. 10. International Space Station- November 20, 1998
Who- 16 different countries
Accomplishments- completed July 8, 2011
Largest satellite to orbit Earth, can be seen with the naked eye
Research laboratory with microgravity

22. 11. What does the future hold?
Virgin Galactic Commercial Space Flight
$200,000 tickets
6 minutes of weightlessness
Moon/Mars missions…
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