Condensed History of Manned Space Flight

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Condensed History of Manned Space Flight
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Overview

• Leading up to Human Space Exploration
• Russian Human Space Program
• U.S. Human Space Program
• The International Space Station
• What Now?

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Historic Events Leading Up to Human Space
Exploration
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Rockets

• First Developed by the Chinese using gunpowder,
  which they also invented.
• As early as 1212, the Chinese were using rockets
  to launch flaming material into enemy
  encampments.

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U.S. Rockets

• Robert Goddard was the first to launch a
  successful liquid-fueled rocket on 16 March, 1926
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• The flight lasted less than 3 seconds.
• Reached a maximum speed of 60mph.
• Flew to an unbelievable altitude of 41ft.

• Goddard was ridiculed for his suggestion that
  rockets could take us to the moon and around the
  solar system.
• In 1970, 25 years after his death, his papers
  were found to contain all the basic principles
  necessary for flight to other planets.

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U.S. Post World War II

• Military enabled progress towards space
• X-1 etc
• Captured German Scientists
• The Cold War
• ICBMs

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Sputnik, Laika, and the Space Race

• Sputnik I October 4th, 1957 The Soviet satellite
  Sputnik I is launched and the space age begins.
  This is the first man-made object to orbit Earth.
• As a sign of Soviet technological supremacy,
  Sputnik I beeped.
• For their next satellite, the Russians decided to
  make it bark.

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Sputnik, Laika and the Space Race

• November 3, 1957 One Month after Sputnik I,
  Sputnik II orbited Earth with the Space Dawg
  Laika (barker).

• Explorer I January 31, 1958 The first American
  satellite orbits the Earth.
• Van Allen radiation belts are discovered.

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Birth of NASA

• 1958 President Eisenhower establishes a civilian
  space program, the National Aeronautics and Space
  Administration (NASA).

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The Russian Manned Space Program

• Vostok 1st Man and Woman in Space
• Voshkod Multiple Crew Members
• Soyuz 1st Reusable Launch Vehicle
• Salyut 1st Space Station
• Apollo-Soyuz 1st Joint U.S.S.R./U.S. Mission
• Mir Long-lived Space Station
• International Space Station

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Manned Space Flight

• Who was the first Man in space?

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First Manned Space FlightU.S.S.R. Project Vostok

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U.S.S.R. Space Program Voskhod ProgramOct. 1964
Mar. 1965

• Accomplishments
• First medical examination in space by a
  physician.
• First Extravehicular Activity (EVA)
• Characterization of vestibular dysfunction during
  space flight

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U.S.S.R. Space Program Soyuz Project April 1967

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Salyut
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Apollo-Soyuz
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Space Station MIR

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U.S.S.R. Space Program MIR (Peace) Space
Station1986 - 2001

• Accomplishments
• First Russian launch shown on television
• Longest mission 438 days
• 15 years in orbit (designed for 10 years)
• Over 100 visitors

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U.S. Manned Space Program

• Mercury 1st Orbital Mission
• Gemini 1st Extravehicular Activity (2
  crewmembers)
• Apollo 1st human on the Moon
• Skylab 1st U.S. Space Station
• Apollo-Soyuz 1st Joint U.S.S.R./U.S. Mission
• Space Transport System (STS)- The Space Shuttle
• International Space Station

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Project Mercury 1961-1963
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Alan B. Shepard The first American in space.
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To The Moon
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Project Gemini March 1965-November 1966
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Apollo Project Oct. 1968 Dec. 1972
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Project SkylabU.S. Space Station 1973 1974
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Apollo-Soyuz
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STS
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What Now?
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Things to Remember

• Know the Sequence of Events Leading up to 1st
  Human Space Flight
• Order and Significance of U.S. and Russian Manned
  Space Missions
• Important 1sts
• Space Disasters Resulting in Loss of Human Life
• Watch The Right Stuff (Movie Night!)