US history space exploration
Gus Grissom
2nd American in space, because of him the shuttle doors cannot be opened from inside, dies in Apollo 1 fire
John Glenn
3rd American in space, first to orbit, American hero, oldest man to go to space
Christa McAuliffe
American teacher who died in the Challenger explosion
1970's Space events
Apollo 13 explosion in space but no one dies, first space station, first space craft to orbit another planet, first US space station, Apollo 13-17, voyager launched, Salyut 1, Skylab, Soyuz 11
New nine
Armstrong, Borman, Conrad, Lovell, Stafford, White, and Young all apart of the new nine, astronauts meant to get to the moon
What were the goals of the Gemini program
Astronauts to space walk and see what effect long space flight has on astronauts
1980's Space events
Challenger explodes after liftoff killing all people in it including a teacher, launch of Hubble space telescope
2000's Space events
Columbia disaster
What were 2 dangers assorted with space exploration
Death and getting lost in space
Roger Chaffee
Died in Apollo 1 fire
Elliot See
Died in plane crash going to one of the talks to be astronauts
Alan Shepard
First American in space in 1961, American hero and sat in capsule for 6 hours; played golf on the moon
Ed white
First American to walk in space; in fire of Apollo 1
Mariner 4
First Mars flyby
Sally Ride
First female American astronaut
Laika
First living creature (dog) in space, sent by soviets
Apollo 7
First manned Apollo mission. Tested Command + Service module orbiting around the Earth.
Robert Goddard
First to create a missile large enough to carry a capsule
ICBM's
Inter continual ballistic missiles developed by USSR (Soviets)
1990's Space events
John Glenn goes up as the oldest man in space, longest record space flight
Eagle
LEM-Apollo 11 module that landed on the moon
Hubble telescope
Large space telescope able to see farther than any other telescope at the end of the 20th century.
John F. Kennedy
President who gives speech declaring America will go to the moon
Jules Verne
Sci-fi writer, one of the pioneers of space exploration
H.G. Wells
Sci-fi writer; predicted we would go to the moon
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet leader during space race
What were 3 results of the space race
Soviets put the first living creature in space, Soviets put the first human in space, US landed on the moon
What was the job of a astronaut
To command, pilot, or serve as member of a space craft and return back to earth
What were the goals of the Apollo program
To get to the moon
Should space exploration be supported and continued
Yes, I believe it should continue and be supported if they are going in order to discover new and important things for us, if they are just going to collect rocks I do not believe that is important enough to send all that money on
Apollo 13
aborts mission after explosion of oxygen tanks Astronauts return safely, known as NASA's "finest hour"
Apollo 1
caught on fire on launch pad during training, Grissom, Chaffee, White all died
Soyuz 11
disaster when it lost air pressure during recently, 3 men died
Mercury 7
first group of American astronauts, was meant to go to space and possible orbit, included Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Shirra, Alan Shepard, & Deke Slayton
1960's Space events
first man in space, first Americans in space, Mercury program, Gemini program, Kennedy's moon speech, first American in orbit, first space walk, first moon orbit, Apollo 1 fire, first manned Apollo mission, first moon landing and first men walk on moon, Apollo 1-12, Soyuz 1
Yuri Gagarin
first man to go to space, Soviet
Neil Armstrong
first man to walk on the moon in Apollo 11
Apollo 11
first mission to land on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon
Sputnik
first space satellite in orbit around earth, sent by soviets, this raised fears of nuclear war for America
Columbia
foam from booster rocket hit and broke the wing, no one knew, completed week in space and on the way home the damaged wing caused it no longer to be fire proof, fire from entering atmosphere entered space craft and it exploded
Challenger
in 1986 it was going to take a mission up to space including a school teacher, it was cold that morning and one of the O rings malfunctioned and let fuel into the space craft and it exploded
Voyager
mission to explore Jupiter and Saturn, discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon and intricacies of Saturn's rings, 2nd one explored Uranus and Venus
Deke Slayton
never got into space on mercury bc of a heart murmur, flew in the last Apollo
Chuck Yeager
pilot who breaks sounds barrier
Michael Collins
piloted Command Module Columbia in Apollo 11 while Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon
Wehrner Von Braun
refined the rockets that took us to the moon
Buzz aldrin
second man to walk on the moon in Apollo 11
Orion
spacecraft to carry astronauts into deep space and home
Skylab
the first American space station
Salyut 1
the first space station; launched by soviets
Valentina Tereshkova
the first woman to fly in space
What was the goal of the Mercury program
to put an American in orbit around the Earth
Velcro
used to keep items in place in the spacecraft when in space, said to be one cause of Apollo 1 fire
Gore-Tex
waterproof fabric that is able to breath by letting water vapor pass through it, space suits made of this