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attack moon Cold War.
The United States planed blow up the moon by nuclear weapons while Cold war. the U.S. want to show Soviet Union own nuclear technology. -
Exproler
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958.
Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. by that, the United States occured Sputnik shock. As a result, it was decided to launch a satellite in the United States as soon as possible as part of the space race, the countermeasures. -
The Birth of NASA
NASA was build for competitive with Soviet Union as space mission.T. Keith Glennan, Administrator (center), Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator (left), and Richard E. Horner, Associate Administrator (right). This photo, dated March 1, 1960 and probably taken at NASA’s first Headquarters at the Dolley Madison House. -
First spacecraft to carry a human.
Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft. The Vostok spacecraft was designed to eject the cosmonaut at approximately 7 km and allow him to return to earth by parachute. Although initial reports made it unclear whether Gargarin landed in this manner or returned in the spacecraft, subsequent reports confirmed that he did indeed eject from the capsule. -
the first American to circle the Earth
On February 20, 1962, Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft on the first manned orbital mission of the United States. Launched from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14, he completed a successful three-orbit mission around the earth, reaching a maximum altitude (apogee) of approximately 162 statute miles and an orbital velocity of approximately 17,500 miles per hour.Mission duration from launch to impact was 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds. -
Tokyo Olympic
Games of the XVIII Olympiad paticipated in Tokyo,Japan. There are 93 countries paticipated. This conpetition is first time to held in Asia -
Mission Apollo 11
Apollo 11 lunched 13:32UTC from John F. Kennedy Space Center. In July 20th, Neil Armstrong,Michael Collins,Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. are land moon. ''Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.''and ''That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.'' are well known voice. -
American's First space Station
Skylab was launched into Earth orbit by a Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973. Space station plans using the Saturn IB rocket Saturn V rocket that was used for the Apollo program. It Became the second in the world as a space station and It is the first space station in U.S.A which human can live and work in space for extended periods. -
End of Vietnam War.
During Vietnam War, the United States suffered 58,119 killed, 153,303 wounded, and 1,948 missing in action. Casualty figures for the Republic of Vietnam are estimated at 230,000 killed and 1,169,763 wounded. Combined the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong suffered approximately 1,100,000 killed in action and an unknown number of wounded. It is estimated that between 2 to 4 million Vietnamese civilians were killed during the conflict. -
The first spaceshuttle space flight
This ship name is Columbia. It come from American person's name. This shuttle is first ship that flighted space from John F. Kennedy Space Center. -
Challenger
When after lunched Challenger it explode in the air. Seven austronaunt died who are in the fiest astroaunt from teacher.
This incident caused by broken rocket parts while lunch the rocket. -
Tokyo marks subway sarin attack
On Monday March 20, 1995, five members of Aum Shinrikyo launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo Metro the time is peak of the morning rush hour. The chemical agent used, liquid sarin, was contained in plastic bags which each team then wrapped in newspaper. A single drop of sarin the size of a pinhead could kill an adult. 29 person are died and over 6000 people has injured for this attack. -
Mission of Cassini
Cassini project is a joint project of ESA and NASA.Since launching on Oct. 15, 1997, the spacecraft has logged more than 3.8 billion miles of exploration. After flying by Venus twice, Earth, and then Jupiter on its way to Saturn, Cassini pulled into orbit around the ringed planet in 2004 and has been spending its last eight years weaving around Saturn, its glittering rings and intriguing moons. -
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A Mission to Study the History of Water on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter blasted off from Cape Canaveral in 2005, on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time. After seven-month, 2006, Mar 10, Reconnaissance Orbiter had reached the orbit of Mars. cruise and to Mars and six months of aerobraking to reach its science orbit, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter seek to find out about the history of water on Mars with its science instruments. -
spaceshuttle Atlantis
Last space shuttle Atlantis lifte off from Kennedy space center. total 135 times lunched while 30years. NASA finished space shuttle plan by bigest two incident and a large amount of cost.
