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Title: NASA Past, Present and Future


1
NASAPast, Present and Future
  • Presented by
  • James, Rick, Michelle, Trina and Michelle

2
NASA - Objectives
By the end of our presentation you willlearn the
following
  • NASAs Early Days
  • Missions
  • RD
  • Future Missions
  • Lost Heroes
  • Math Concept

3
NASA Early Days
  • NASA created Oct 1,1958.
  • Dr Robert H. Goddard rocket pioneer.
  • Many firsts in his career starting in 1912.
  • X-1 Air Plane first to break sound barrier.
  • Yeager, fastest man in the world on Oct 14 1947.
  • Research from X-1 flights would aid NASA
    scientist.

4
NASA Early Days
  • Sputnik 1 - Communist in space 1957.
  • Social and political impact on America.
  • Start of Public space race with the Russians.
  • German science group led by Dr. Wernher Von Braun
    transferred to NASA 1958.
  • Public confidence down after Yuri Gagarin 1961.

5
NASA Early Days
  • Military and NASA competing ideas and funding.
  • Kennedy helps increase funding for upstart NASA.
  • Names likes Shepard, Glen, Cooper and Grissom
    would become Astronauts.
  • Our early missions would see a chimp not a man in
    space.
  • Presidents Eisenhower Kennedy would not live to
    see moon landing.

6
NASA Past Missions Mercury and Gemini
  • Alan Shepard First American in Space.
  • The Gemini Capsule launched on 1/3/62.
  • Geminis mission was to study astronauts and
    operations.
  • The Mercury Capsule launched on 2/20/62.
  • Mercurys mission was to orbit a man around the
    earth.

7
NASA Past Missions Apollo
  • First Apollo mission was on 5/25/61.
  • Famous Apollo moon mission was on 7/20/69.
  • That day man set his first foot on the moon.
  • Moon Mission study moon mechanics.
  • Six missions followed.

8
NASA Missions Space Shuttle
  • Piggyback Shuttle Atlantis.
  • 1 Million per trip.
  • Most complex machine ever built.
  • Used to build the worlds largest orbiting
    laboratory.
  • Back to the Moon and off to Mars.

9
NASA - Research and Development
  • Dr.Nancy Roman opened many doors for women
    scientists.
  • She worked on satellite and telescope technology.
  • 1973 U.S. Skylab program.
  • A site for nearly 300 scientific and
    technological experiments.
  • Understanding our technological limitations.
  • Provided a test environment to improve technology.

10
NASA - Research and Development
  • Artificial gravity holy grail of deep space
    travel
  • NASA continues research on gravity problem
  • Future space crafts must produce artificial
    gravity
  • Hubble gives NASA best view of space
  • Hubble shows vastness of space

11
NASA - Research and Development
  • Hurricane warning device help save lives
  • Monitors dangers from space
  • NASAs technologies contribute to quality of life
    on Earth

12
NASA Future Missions Orion
  • Orion program established in 2006.
  • Man returns to moon in 2020.
  • Ares named for Greek god associated with Mars.
  • Creating a boot camp on the moon.
  • Craft is very similar to Apollo.
  • If successful, its off to Mars!

13
NASA Future Missions Orion
  • Two separate launch vehicles Ares I and V.
  • Ares I maiden flight scheduled for 2009.
  • Ares V maiden flight scheduled for 2018.
  • Ares I will dock to Ares V in orbit.
  • E.U. scientists working on mission trajectory.
  • Future spaceship to Mars to be built in space.

14
NASA Future Missions Orion
  • Human civilization.
  • Scientific knowledge.
  • Exploration preparation.
  • Economic expansion.
  • Public engagement.
  • Global partnerships.

15
Tribute to NASAs Lost Heroes Apollo 1
  • Fallen Heroes Apollo 1 January 27,1967.
  • Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee.
  • An electrical short-circuit caused a deadly fire
    in an oxygen-enriched environment.

16
Tribute to NASAs Lost Heroes -Space shuttle
Challenger
  • Fallen Heroes Space Shuttle Challenger January
    28,1986.
  • El Onizuka, Mike Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Dick
    Scobee, Greg Jarvis, Ron McNair, Judy Resnik.
  • An o-ring on rocket booster failed 73 seconds
    after lift off.

17
Tribute to NASAs Lost Heroes Space Shuttle
Columbia
  • Fallen Heroes Space Shuttle Columbia February 1,
    2003.
  • Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson,
    Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Laurel Clark, Ilan
    Ramon.
  • A portion of foam from lift-off struck orbiters
    left wing resulting in damage to the wing, which
    caused the vehicle to break apart during
    re-entry.

18
Math Concept
19
NASA Conclusion
  • Leading the world in Space Exploration.
  • Presses forward in the face of adversity.
  • Provides innovations for future technologies.
  • NASA technology in all forms of every day life.
  • Helps us understand more about our universe.
  • May find a way to save mankind in the future.
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