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Important Space Explortstion Events
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Galileo
An itialian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philolsopher. He improved the telescope. -
X1
A plane shaped like a bullet with stubby wings for control. It was air launched and dropped from the underside of B-29 superforce . Chuck Yeager was the first to fly faster than the speed of sound (670 MPH or Mach. 1.015 -
X-15
Flys up to Mach. 6 (6x speed of sound.) The possible alternative path to place humans in space was not persued yet. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik was the first satellite that went into orbit around the, it was sent by USSR. -
US satellites
The US attempted the launch of the Vanguard Satellite during the same time period as Sputnik. We launched a satellite named Explorer 1 into Earth orbit. -
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
It was created by president Eisenhower in March 1958. -
Project Mercury
There were 6 flights from 1961-1963. The goals of this project were to orbit a manned space craft around Earth, to investigate mans ability to function in space, and recover man and the space craft safely. -
Yuri Gararin (russian)
First human to ornit Earth on Arpil 12, 1961 -
Alan Shepard
First American to fly into space (suborbital.) -
John Glen
First American to orbit Earth. -
Valentine Teresnkova (Russian)
First woman in space. -
Project Gemini
10 manned flights from 1965-1966. The goals were to subject man and equipment to spaceflight up to 2 weeks in duration, to rendzvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to manuever the docked combination. Also to perform methods of entering the atmosphere and landing at a preselected point on land. -
Apollo 1
The first loss of American astronauts with a failed launch. -
Apollo 8
First humans to circumnavigate the moon. -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the moon. -
Apollo 13
An explosion occured while this craft was on its way to the moon, everyone was safe but it got a moon rover to the moon. -
Project Skylab
First US space station.
