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HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION

HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION. SPACE EXPLORATION. . discovery and exploration of outer space   Physical exploration of space. Early Astronauts. April 1959  Navy Lieutenant M. Scott Carpenter Air Force Captains L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom,

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HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION

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  1. HISTORY AND FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION

  2. SPACE EXPLORATION • . • discovery and exploration of outer space  •  Physical exploration of space

  3. Early Astronauts • April 1959 •  Navy Lieutenant M. Scott Carpenter • Air Force Captains L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. • Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, • Donald K. "Deke" Slayton • Marine Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. • Navy Lieutenant Walter M. Schirra, Jr. • Navy lieutenant Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

  4. SPACE HISTORY Observation of planetsNaming of planets • Jupiter, king of the gods; • Mars, the god of war; • Mercury, messenger of the gods;  • Venus, the god of love and beauty, and  • Saturn, father of Jupiter and god of agriculture. Observation of other heavenly bodies • comets • meteors

  5. Comets

  6. Meteors

  7. SPACE HISTORY • Science flourished • Planetary orbits were calculated • Planetary motions were discovered

  8. SPACE HISTORY New device 17th century TELESCOPE

  9. Other Facts • First Flight 4 October 1957 - Soviet unmanned Sputnik 1 ("Satellite 1") • First Human Flight 12 April 1961 - Vostok 1-Yuri Gagarin 1963- Russian Valentina Tereshkova • First Planetary Exploration • Luna 2 in 1959 • Luna 9 in 1966 • Apollo 4- lunar cars(1971) • Apollo 11 in 20 July 1969.

  10. Vestok 1

  11. Sputnik 1

  12. Luna 2

  13. Luna 9

  14. Apollo 11

  15. Lunar car

  16. Fu Future of Space Exploration : Beyond Planet Earth • Launch visitors to outer space • Lunar habitat • Robotic missions • returning humans to the Moon • Establishing colonies in other planets.

  17. Find out what experts think the future will hold for us beyond planet Earth. Will we discover evidence of life, past or present, on another planet? END

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