Apr 29, 2013

Write down any five facts you already know about our exploration of our solar system and space in general.

(Write five complete sentences) Examples you could write about shown belowA) The moon landingsB) Space Station(s)C) Space ShuttleD) Robotic explorationE) Exploration of Mars

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(A) Early rocket technology(B) Space Race between U.S.A and the U.S.S.R.(C) Apollo program and the moon landings(D) Space Station(s)(E) Space Shuttle(F) Robotic exploration

History of Space Exploration

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Fact: Aircraft with jet engines or propellers can not travel in space because there is no air!

Early Rocket Technology

Fact: Rockets which do not require air can travel in space because of Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion

Fact: Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion basically states this: For every action (force), there is an equal and opposite action (force)

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Primitive Rocket Technology

(China-around 1232 B.C.)

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Primitive Rocket Technology

(Dr. Robert Goddard-around 1920s)

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Modern Rocket Technology

(Germany-1943)

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Fact: USA and USSR (Russia) fought together against Nazi Germany during WWII.

Space Race: USA vs. USSR (Russia)

Fact: USA and USSR both captured German rocket scientists and equipment in WWII

Fact: USA and USSR competed against each other to build bigger and more powerful rockets

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Space Race: USA vs. USSR

USA Rocket (Saturn 5)

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Space Race: USA vs. USSR USSR (Russian) Rocket (Vostock)

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Apollo Program and Moon Landings

Fact: Under president Eisenhower on July 29, 1958 congress created N.A.S.A.

(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Fact: The USSR was ahead in the space race, so president JFK committed the USA in 1961 to landing a man on the moon before 1970.

Fact: NASA’s Apollo program landed the first man on the moon in 1969

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Apollo Program and

Moon Landings

Moon landing: Eagle Spacecraft (1969)

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Fact: After the moon race was over, both the USA

and USSR focused on orbital space stations

Skylab Space Station (USA:1973-74)

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Space Stations Mir Space Station (Russian: 1986-1998)

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International Space Station (1998 to present)

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Fact: Space Shuttles were designed to be reusableSpace Shuttle (USA:1977-2011)

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Fact: Robots are often used instead of humans for

dangerous and/or tedious missions

Robotic Exploration: 1977 to present

Voyager 1: First spacecraft to leave our solar system

Fact: Robots are often used instead of humans for dangerous and/or tedious missions

Robotic Exploration: 1997 to present

Spirit and SojournerStill on Mars today

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