Space Travel

“To Infinity and Beyond…”

Neil Armstrong

“That's one small step for man;one giant leap for mankind.”

• On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong left the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first human to set foot on the moon.

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

• Astronaut Edwin ("Buzz") Aldrin Jr. is coming down the ladder on the Lunar Module Eagle.

• This was the result of an intensive United States effort to accelerate the American space program.

Sputnik I

• In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the world’s first manmade artificial satellite.

• Weighing 184 pounds, it circled the earth every 90 minutes.

Sputnik II

• Later in 1957, Sputnik II was launched carrying Laika, a dog which became the first Earth creature to orbit the earth.

Yuri Gagarin• In 1961, the first

human to pilot a spacecraft, Yuri Gagarin, was launched by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok I.

Alan Shepard

• On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard piloted the first manned American spacecraft.

President John F. Kennedy

• Twenty days later, Kennedy announced as a national goal the landing of an American astronaut on the Moon.

• He wanted to accomplish this by the end of the 1960s.

So much more...

• Apollo missions

• Space Stations - Skylab, MIR

• Space Shuttle - Columbia

• Challenger Explosion

• Hubble Telescope

Credit

• Star Child Space Travel Web sitehttp://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/travel.html

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