Space Exploration

By krentschler16

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite in space.
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    Space Exploration

  • Project Mercery

    1st step in race to the moon. Goals were to orbit a piloted spacecraft around Earth and to bring it back safely. Program provided data and experience in the basics of space flight.

  • Project Gemini

    2nd step in race to the moon.Teams of two astronaunts in the same Gemini spacecraft orbited Earth. One Gemini team met and connected with another spacecraft in orbit- a skill that would be needed on a voyage to the Moon.

  • Project Apollo

    Was the final stage of the U.S. program to reach the Moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon's surface.

  • Alan B. Shepard

    Became first U.S citizen in space.

  • John Glenn

    Became first U.S citizen to orbit Earth.

  • Neil Armstrong

    first human to set foot on the Moon. First words as he stepped onto its surface were, "Thats one small step for man , one giant leap for mankind."