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Artificial satellites
One example of an Artificial satellite is Sputnik 1 which is only 585mm wide. An artificial satellite is a man made object that is launched into space and orbits a planet and sends information back to the station without landing on the planet. Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union. -
Orbital missions
An orbital mission is when you orbit earth. One person who did this for a very long time and was the first women in space was Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union. She orbited Earth 48 times in over a three day period!!!! -
Missions to the moon
From 1969-1972 there have been six mission to the moon with 12 astronauts walking on the moon. The first moon landing for the U.S.A. Was Apollo 11 in 1969 the last one was Apollo17 in 1969. -
Rockets
One example of a rocket when the space shuttle flights begin. The mission of the rockets was to retrieve the satellites that were in earth orbit and to fly to the ISS. -
Mars robotic explorers
Mars robotic explorers are Rovers that explore Mars like the Mars rover opportunity (date shown above) -
The outer planets
The outer planets are Jupiter the biggest planet, Saturn the one with a big ring system, Uranus the one tilted 98 degrees, and Neptune the farthest and coldest planet in our solar system. Humans have TOTALLY NOT been on these planets including Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
