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Milestones in Space Exploration: Unmanned and Manned Flight History

Delve into the remarkable history of space exploration, highlighting both unmanned and manned flights. Beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, the first artificial satellite, to groundbreaking missions like Luna 3, Voyager, and the Apollo moon landings. Discover the early days of human spaceflight, featuring iconic missions like Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, culminating in Neil Armstrong's historic step on the Moon. Learn about pioneering astronauts like Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, and the enduring legacy of the Space Shuttle and ISS.

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Milestones in Space Exploration: Unmanned and Manned Flight History

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  1. Space Exploration

  2. Unmanned Flights • Launch of the “Space Age” • October 4, 1957  Sputnik • November 3, 1957  Sputnik 2 • Laika

  3. Unmanned Flights • January 2, 1959 • Luna 1 (Russia) • Set to collide with the moon but missed • First object to leave Earth • Luna 3 – photographed moon • 

  4. Unmanned Flights (USA) • January 31, 1958 • Explorer 1  Redstone Rocket • Pioneer Probes/Ranger Probes • Moon

  5. Unmanned (USA) • Surveyor Probes • Landed on the moon • Lunar Orbiter 1 (August 18, 1966) • Mapped the moon

  6. Unmanned (USA) • Mariner 2 (12/14/1965) • Venus • Mariner 4,6,7 (1965 – 1969) • Mars • Viking 1 and 2 (1976) • Mars • Pioneer 10 • Flew by Jupiter in 1973

  7. Unmanned Images • Viking

  8. Mariner 10

  9. Russia Manned Video • April 12, 1961 • Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) • 108 minutes in space • Cosmosnaut • Parachuted back to Earth

  10. Russia • Vostok • Longest 5 days • First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova 1937 - ) • Voskhod • Up to 3 cosmonauts • 1st space walk (10 minutes) • Soyuz • Moon and back (lost the race by about 90 days) • Still in use today • Salyut • Space stations (April 1971)

  11. Russia Manned Soyuz  Leonov – 1st space walker  Tereshkova

  12. USA Manned • Mercury 7 (First Astronauts) • May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard  Freedom 7 • 15 minute flight • February 1962 John Glenn  orbit the earth (5 hours) Video

  13. USA Manned • Gemini • Ed White – first space walk • Neil Armstrong/Dave Scott – space dock Video

  14. USA Manned • Apollo 1 (Ed White, Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee) • Apollo 7 (Borman, Lovell, Anders) • Apollo 9 • Tested Lunar Module • Apollo 10 • Moon rehearsed for lunar landing

  15. Apollo 11 • “Houston…The Eagle has landed” • Mike Collins • Buzz Aldrin • Neil Armstrong • Sea of Tranquility Video

  16. Space Shuttle 1981 – 2011 135 total missions Columbia (2003) Challenger (1986) Endeavor Discovery Atlantis

  17. Cargo Bay Satellites – ISS – Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Repair Video

  18. International Space Station Video

  19. Hubble Space Telescope Video

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