Space Travel by Traci Redish To Infinity and Beyond

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Space Travelby Traci RedishTo Infinity and
Beyond
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Neil Armstrong

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

That's one small step for manone giant leap
for mankind.
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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.

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Sputnik I

• In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the
  worlds first manmade artificial satellite.
• Weighing 184 pounds, it circled the earth every
  90 minutes.

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Sputnik II

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

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Yuri Gagarin

• In 1961, the first human to pilot a spacecraft,
  Yuri Gagarin, was launched by the Soviet Union
  aboard Vostok I.

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Alan Shepard

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

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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.

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So much more...

• Apollo missions
• Space Stations - Skylab, MIR
• Space Shuttle - Columbia
• Challenger Explosion
• Hubble Telescope

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Credit

• Star Child Space Travel Web sitehttp//starchild.
  gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/travel.h
  tml
• (Pictures and text)