Transcript Space Vehicles

Space Vehicles
SPACE PROBE
An instrument that travels far
into the solar system, gathers
data and sends it back to
Earth. There is no crew.
SATELLITE
• A man-made object launched into
space to orbit Earth and gain
information
SPACE STATION
• A large facility with equipment
and support systems for humans
to live and conduct research not
possible on Earth.
SPACE SHUTTLE
• A reusable aircraft that can carry
cargo, astronauts and satellites to
and from space
ROCKET
• A missile that launches objects
into space and can work in space
to deliver satellites.
The Cold War
• The Cold War was not actually a war. It was a
simply a great tension that existed between the
United States and the Soviet Union. It
happened for several decades after World War
II from the years 1945 through the early 1980’s.
• The main source of the conflict and tension
between these two countries was rooted in the
United State’s distrust of communism, the
Soviet Union’s form of government.
The Cold War
• When communism ended in the Soviet
Union , the Cold War ended as well. The
Soviet Union dissolved itself leaving
independent nations, the largest of which
is Russia.
The Beginning of NASA
• NASA was founded in
1958, one year after
the Soviets launched
Sputnik 1, the world’s
first artificial satellite.
During this period, the
U.S. and the former
Soviet Union had
been engaged in the
Cold War.
• American’s saw
Soviet advances in
this “space race” as a
dangerous
technological gap
between the two
nations.
The Beginning of NASA
• Throughout its
• Since NASA began,
history, NASA has
there have been
made many
seven major
achievements, but
manned space
perhaps it is best
programs, each with
known for its history
its own unique set
of human
of missions.
spaceflights.
US Manned Space
Programs
Major Manned Missions
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Project Mercury
Project Gemini
Apollo Project
Skylab
Apollo-Soyuz Project
Space Shuttle
International Space Station
Project Mercury
• Summary: 1st US program for human
spaceflight
• Objective: to put a human in orbit around
Earth
• Years: 1959-1963
• Astronauts: Glenn, Grissom,
Schirra, Shepard
(There were a total of 7 astronauts
that flew 7 missions)
Project Gemini
Project Gemini
• Summary: 1st 2-man crews; longer
missions
• Objective: test human endurance in spaceflight; docking with
another vehicle; first spacewalks
• Years: 1965-1966
• Astronauts: Grissom, Schirra,
Lovell, Armstrong, Aldrin
(There was a total of 13 astronauts the flew on 10 missions)
Apollo Program
• Summary: 1st spacecraft to land on the
moon
• Objective: to land a man on the moon
• Years: 1961-1975
• Astronauts: Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
There was a
total of 30
astronauts that
flew 11
missions.
Skylab
• Summary: 1st place for humans to live
in space for long periods of time
• Objective: first space station
• Years: 1973-1979
• Astronauts: Conrad, Bean, Carr
(There were 9 total astronauts that
flew on 3 missions)
Apollo-Soyuz Project
• Summary: 1st joint US/Soviet spaceflight
• Objective: to test compatibility of docking
systems between 2 countries
• Years: 1973-1975
• Astronauts: 3 Americans and 2
Russians
Space Shuttle Missions
• Summary: 1st reusable spacecraft
• Objective: launching satellites and
probes; conducting research;
construction of International
Space Station (ISS)
• Years: 1981-2010
• Astronauts: 134 launches
International Space Station
• Summary: permanent orbiting
laboratory
• Objective: uninterrupted human
presence in space
• Years: 1998-2015
• Astronauts: unknown at this time.