History of Space Exploration
Published on Aug 08, 2016
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Sputnik 1
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was the first successful orbital launch
The success of this Soviet satellite launched on October 4th, 1957 lead to an escalation of the space race between the US and the Soviet Union, a race which would only end when we reached the moon.
Photo by fractalSpawn
Laika
The first dog in space
After the success of Sputnik 1, the Soviets decided to launch another satellite that November, Sputnik 2, this time carrying a dog named Laika. Although this was a great scientific success, it lead to the death of the dog.
Photo by Ken_Lord
Gagarin's Orbit
Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the earth in 1961
The first successful manned mission to space was once again carried out by the Soviets as the US fell further behind in the Space Race. Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth aboard his ship Vostok 1.
Photo by footysphere
The US Catches Up:
Only about a month after Gagarin's orbit, American astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space
Alan Shepard entered suborbital space on Mercury-Redstone 3, making history as the first American in Space. However, the Americans had still not yet achieved an orbital flight.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Orbital Flight in the US
In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to ORbit the earth
When John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962 as a part of the Mercury program, the US was truly on its way to catching up with the Soviets in the great space race.
Photo by DonkeyHotey
Tragedy in Space
The Soyuz 1 mission marked the first death in flight
The flight of the Soyuz 1 spacecraft was doomed from the start. The mission was complicated, and the craft was known to have over two hundred faults. Yuri Gagarin, knowing that the flight was doomed, volunteered to go in place of Vladimir Komarov, but Komarov decided to go anyway. He became the first person to die during a spaceflight, when his parachute failed, and his command module crashed into Earth.
Photo by Latente 囧 www.latente.it
Project Gemini
1961-1966
Between project Mercury and the Apollo missions there was project Gemini. The goal of project Gemini was to develop space travel techniques in preparation for the moon landing.
Photo by Konabish ~ Greg Bishop
The Moon Landing
In 1969, Apollo 11 Landed on the moon
In 1969, the Americans made history in space exploration when they made the first successful manned mission to the moon on Apollo 11. On that day, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and uttered his famous line "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Early Interplanetary Surface Missions
- Venera 7 1970: landed on Venus and reported data for almost 30 minutes
- Mars 3 1971: landed on Mars and reported data for almost 30 seconds
- Viking 1 1975 to 1982: Transmitted data from Mars for 6 years
- Venera 13 1982: Transmitted 2 hours of data from the Surface of Venus
Photo by europeanspaceagency
Pioneer 10
The first to enter the Asteroid Belt
In 1972, NASA sent the first man made object on an escape trajectory from the Sun. Pioneer 10 traveled through the asteroid belt, passed by Jupiter, and continued on past the orbits of all the other planets, becoming the first object to enter deep space. Pioneer 10 finally stopped transmitting in 2003.
Photo by NASA APPEL
First Multinational Manned Mission
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
This was the first time that the US and the Soviet Union worked together on a manned mission, and it ceremonially marked the end of the space race.
The Space Shuttle
The first reusable spacecraft
In 1981 NASA developed the Space Shuttle, an innovative and reusable spacecraft. Up until this point all spacecraft were one time use only.
Photo by lecates
Challenger
When Space flight goes wrong
In 1986 the Challenger Space Shuttle took off on its mission, carrying what was to be the first teacher in space, however, it would never reach its destination. The space shuttle exploded shortly after take-off, killing all 7 astronauts on board.
Photo by dullhunk
Mir
The first space station
The Russian's successfully developed the first space station in the year 1986. At the time it was launched, it was the largest satellite in orbit.
Photo by Bernt Rostad
Hubble
The Space Telescope
In 1990, NASA and the ESA worked together to create the Hubble Space Telescope, an optical orbital observatory that is used to photograph space.
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
The ISS
The International Space Station was first launched in 1998 as the result of a partnership between the US and Russia. Since its launch the station has been host to many space missions from many different countries.
Photo by Lights In The Dark
New Horizons
In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first to do a flyby of Pluto. Now, it is en route to do a flyby of a Kuiper belt object in 2019.
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
