Space Exploration

Past, Present, Future

 Space Exploration
•Space exploration is still very new.

•Although we have learned a lot, we still have a lot

of questions.

•The cost of space exploration is so high, we have

to work with other countries such as China, Russia
and Europe.
(Example: International Space Station (ISS))
 NASA stands for…
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA accomplished the following:

•First to land someone on the

moon
•Invented the space shuttle
•Developed many products for
space that we now use as
everyday products.
• Example: Velcro
 What the Space studies
bring us to our life ?
•Rockets •Radar
•Satellites •Computers
•Space stations •Solar panels
•Space shuttles •Biomedical equipment
•Space suits •Telescopes
•And many more…
Space Exploration History
•Humans began Space Exploration on October 4,
1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik,
the first satellite to orbit Earth.

•The Soviets also achieved the first piloted

space flight on April 12, 1961.

•The first cosmonaut’s name was Yuri Gagarin.

He orbited Earth in a ship named Vostok.
Let’s Go to the Moon
•America was the 1st country to go to, land
on and explore the moon.

•Apollo 8, the name of an American rocket,

orbited the moon 10 times and returned to
Earth safely on December 21, 1968.

•Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed

Apollo 11, another rocket, on the moon on
July 20, 1969.
 Space Shuttles
•After America sent humans to space in
Apollo spaceships.
They wanted to create a spaceship with
more room so they created shuttles!
•A space shuttle is a reusable
space craft. Here are some facts…
•First used in 1981.
•Two shuttle tragedies in 1987 and
2003.
•Shuttles replaced the previous
method of space flight – Rockets and
capsules.
 I.S.S. International Space Station

• The International Space Station is a large spacecraft.

• It orbits around Earth.
• The space station is also a science lab.
• Many countries worked together to build it.
• The space station is made of many pieces. The pieces
were put together in space by astronauts.
• The space station's orbit is about 220 miles above
Earth.
 The Future of Space Exploration
•Currently, countries around the world (American, China, France,
Germany, etc.) are working together to explore space!

•We are trying to explore greater distances.

•We are trying to research ways to travel to Mars and possibly, one day, live
there.
•We have sent an unmanned rover to Mars.
•Humans need to be ready and educated for the space travel of the
future!