Post on 27-Dec-2015
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"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the
Moon and returning him safely to Earth. No single space project in this period will be
more impressive to mankind, or more important in the long-range exploration of
space; and none will be so difficult or expensive
to accomplish." John F. Kennedy
Special Joint Session of CongressMay 25, 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuW4oGKzVKc
Dateline: Extraterrestrial Tourist
American millionaire Dennis Tito became the first tourists in space. Visiting the International Space Station, arriving as a guest of the Russian Space Agency aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. Mr. Tito paid $20 million dollars . . .
NASA NASA 1958 -National Aeronautics and
Space Act
As a response to the Russian “artificial satellite”
NASA MISSIONS
Mercury Missions:
To get a man into orbit and back to earth safely
ALAN SHEPARD
first American in space
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/program-toc.html
NASA MISSIONS
Gemini Missions :
To test the endurance of man in
prolonged exposure to the
environment of space
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/history/gemini/gemini.htm
NASA MISSIONS Apollo Missions :
To place a man on the moon and get him back to earth safely
NEIL ARMSTRONG
First man to walk on the MOON
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html
SKYLAB First US Space Station Part of the Apollo Mission Launched to study the effects of prolonged
exposure to outer space Launched in may of 1973 Abandoned due to delays in shuttle program Fell to Earth in 1979
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/skylab/index.html
NASA MISSIONS Shuttle : To create a reusable, less expensive
space craft to transport man and objects into space and safely back to earth
STSSpace Transportation System
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/archives/2005.html
NASA MISSIONS
Shuttle : Designed to fly at least 100
missions each!
Project Cost - 11 billion dollars
Cost per Mission - ~ $600 Million
The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Why was the public so upset when
the Challenger Exploded? First private citizen
• School Teacher• Woman ?• Witnessed Via TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fz8v9vh5mE
The MIR SPACE STATION MIR (PEACE) launched in 1986
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/index.html
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
After nine productive years in orbit, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) mission came to an end when NASA redirected the spacecraft into Earth's atmosphere on June 4, 2000. The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was the second of NASA's Great Observatories and was the first major space observatory to make a systematic survey of natural sources of gamma rays.
Un-Manned Space Probes
Pioneer Voyager Ulysses Galileo NEAR
Shoemaker Cassini Mariner Viking
Mars Global surveyor Mars Climate Orbiter Mars Polar Lander Deep Space 2 Mars Pathfinder
Surface Rover Mars Odyssey
Does life exist? Water? Climate? Geology? Prepare for Human
exploration!
International Space Station Joint effort of 16 Nations
USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, Brazil, and the elevn members of the ESA
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index-old-donotuse.html
Future Developments ?
Environmental Studies Explore the Moon Manned settlements on the
Moon Manned expedition to
MARS
Exploring Mars
ESA - Mars Express Japan – Nozomi
Joint effort to get a sample of Martian soil back to Earth by 2010
Manned Mission -- ?
Major Problems
Prolonged Exposure to space
6mo. To get there20mo. on surfaceNew technologies not yet available
Bioastronautics
The study of how living organisims adapt to conditions of weightlessness and the readapt to life on Earth. Bioastronauts research and develop technological innovations to make this cycle occur more smoothly.
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