Space Shuttle Challenger

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  • FIrst Rocket is launched

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    Space Race

    LinkThe space race was between Soviet Union Russia and America. It was called this because both countries had equally great space programs, the only problem was each one was acheiving something better than the other country. This was a race between two superpowers to acheive space exploration.

  • Spuntnik is Launched

    Spuntnik is Launched
    History of SpuntnikSoviet Russia launches the first satellite into space.

  • Soviet Union sends the first dog into space

    Soviet Union sends the first dog into space
    WikipediaHistory of Spuntnik 2Spuntnik 2, sends Lakia, the first dog in space, to orbit the Earth for a week. Unfourtanately the oxygen in the Sputnik 2 ran out and Lakia shortly died on the 6th day of the flight

  • Turning Point: First Man in space

    LinkRussian Soviet Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. This was a huge turning point because this proved that humans can make it to space and back alive. This set off the chain of events in which we send more and more people into space

  • American Newscast of the event [P3]

    Audio Clip LinkIn this audio clip from a Newscast describing what it was like for Yuri to be shot into space shows how event though he was a Soviet people where still fancinated by the idea that a man went into space. And this was during a time when people feared communists, but when it came to this event, everyone, no matter what side, was awed. This kind of awe will happen again when Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.

  • Apollo 11 is launched

    Apollo 11 is launched
    NASA history of the LaunchThe three man crew of Apollo 11 launches for their mission to be the first ones to land on the Moon. The three astronauts where:
    Neil A. Armstrong, Michel Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

  • The First Man on the Moon

    The First Man on the Moon
    Armstrong and Aldrin are the first two people to land on the Moon.

  • Quote by Neil Armstrong [P2]

    <a href=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/is-neil-armstrongs-famous-moon-landing-quote-really-a-misquote-524458' >quote</a>"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" -Neil Armstrong
    This famous quote by the first man on the moon is famous for how this great achievement was shared with mankind. As a bit of background, this was during the time of the space race between Russia and America, Russia launched the first orbiting satellite so there was a huge competion. But when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon his words ment that this wasn't only a huge acheivement for America, but for all of mankind.

  • Apollo 13 is launched

  • The Space Shuttle starts being built

    http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html

  • Space Shuttle Challenger begins testing

    <a href=http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html' >Link</a> The Space Shuttle Challenger was origionally a test rocket but was later used as a fully functional space shuttle that carried many crew memebers with each launch.

  • Space Shuttle Challerger's original Launch date

    <a href=http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html' >Challenger History</a>This was the original day that the Challenger would have launched but NASA found several problems with the shuttle and decided to postpone the launch date.

  • Cracks and Leaks are found on the Space Shuttle Challenger

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    After NASA began the tests on the shuttle they found several problems with the shuttle

  • Challenger Launches Successfully for the first time

    <a href=http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html' >Link</a>

  • The first American Woman in Space

    <a href=http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html' >Link</a>Sally Ride becomes the first woman in space as she is launched in the Space Shuttle Challenger

  • First Canadian in space

    <a href=http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html' >Link</a> Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on the mission with Sally Ride and one other woman.

  • The first time an Astronaut repairs a satellite in Space

    George Nelson (along with James "Ox" Van Hoften) used the jetpack powered backpack to get close enough to the satellite in order to fix it, making it the first time an astronaut fixed a satellite in space. http://www.space.com/18084-space-shuttle-challenger.html

  • Space Shuttle Challenger Incident

    Christa McAuliffe about.educationChrista Macauliffe BIOHistory of the Space Shuttle ChallengerThe space shuttle Challenger with the first teacher to be part of the crew, Christa McAuliffe, and along with the other six astronauts, where all killed 73 seconds from the explosion.

  • Cause of the Space Shuttle Challenger Incident

    The cause and effect of the disater The cause of the explosion on the Challenger was an O-ring malfunction. O-rings are what sperates the rockets from the shuttle, due to the cold weather that day these rings did not function properly and caused the ship to explode 73 seconds later.

  • Photo of the disater [P3]

    Photo of the disater [P3]
    link for photoThis photo you can see the Challenger explosion due to the malfunction of the O-rings. As you can see the ship completely disingrated in front of the crowd below, and the millions watching on their TVs. This tradgedy will be remebered by all those who witness it
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    Continuity: Space exploration through shuttles

    One thing that has remained the same since the incident to present day is the use of space shuttles for space exploration

  • Space Challenger Crew is Buried at Arlington Cementry

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  • Quote from Christa Mcauliffe [P1]

    Quote from Christa Mcauliffe [P1]
    <a href=http://space.about.com/cs/deceasedastronaut/a/mcauliffe.htm' >Source</a> “A lot of people thought it was over when we reached the Moon. They put space on the back burner. But people have a connection with teachers. Now that a teacher has been selected, they are starting to watch the launches again.”

  • Quote Summary

    What this quote by her means is that during this time the president at this time wanted to put a civilian on the space shuttle in order for people to get more excited for the launch. So they led a campaing to find a qualified enough civilian to go into space. They chose Christa because she was a teacher, and like she said a lot of people can relate to as a person. She said this quote before the launch...
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    NASA takes more safety percations

    LinkAfter the Space Shuttle Challenger incident, NASA decided to take more safety measures in order to make sure that every crew of every space mission is safe.
    They now stop reusing the shuttle itself and reuse the rockets instead

  • Successful Launch of Discovery

    Challenger History

  • Columbia crew is all killed upon reentry

    http://www.history.com/topics/challenger-disaster
    The second major disater to happen since the Space Shuttle Challenger incident.

  • FInal Space Shuttle Landing

    The Space Shuttle Alantis makes the final landing of NASA's space shuttle Missions
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/index.html

  • The effect of the Incident on History

    This accident changed how NASA made shuttles. This is because NASA reportedly ignore the warnings of the O-rings not working properlly, and launched the shuttle anyways. Now NASA takes extra percautions to make sure that the crew memebers they send in those shuttles are as safe as they can be. This incident opened NASA's eyes that they need to be more careful and cautious when they send people up to space.

  • NASA Viewpoint/Primary

    "As humanity's first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle pushed the bounds of discovery ever farther, requiring not only advanced technologies but the tremendous effort of a vast workforce. "
    What this quote means is that thanks to the space shuttle mankind's understanding of space has expanded thanks to it. So without this are understanding of space would be very little since the Space Shuttle allowed us to expand our knowledge.
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/index.html

  • Viewpoint on the Incident and the Space Shuttle program

    Through this tradgey many people where afraid and angry towards NASA since they did ignore all of the warnings about the O-rings and launch Challenger anyways. But not many people oppose of the space shuttle program since many don't disagree that mankind shouldnt't explore space