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The Space Race Note Outline
I. What sparked United States interest in getting
into space?
A. U.S.S.R launches Sputnik into space. (First
Satellite to be launched into space Oct. 4th 1957)
B. U.S.S.R launches first man into space. (Yuri
Gagarin first man in space April 12th 1961)

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II. United States Space Programs
A. Mercury Program Objectives
Orbit a man around Earth.
Investigate mans ability to work in space.
Recover both man and space craft safely.
B. Mercury Program Information
Mercury Freedom 7 Alan Shepard becomes first
American man in space May 5th 1961.
Mercury Freedom 6 John Glenn becomes first
American man to orbit Earth Feb. 20th 1962 .
All Mercury missions were one man missions.
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C. Gemini Program Objectives
Learn to maneuver a space craft in space.
Dock a space craft with another space craft.
Practice space walks.
D. Gemini Program Information
Gemini 3 Edward White becomes first
American to complete a space walk.
All Gemini missions were two man missions.
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E. Apollo Program Objectives

• Land a space craft on the moon.
• Have man walk on the moon.
• Return all crew to Earth Safely.

F. Apollo Program Information
Apollo 1 Virgil Gus Grissom, Edward White,
and Roger Chaffee die in pre- flight test fire.
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Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins,
and Edwin Buzz Aldrin make historic moon
landing.
Neil Buzz land on the moon, Michael stays
behind in the command module.
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• Apollo 13 James Lovell, Fred Haise, and John
  Sweigert experience oxygen tank explosion, which
  cripples their space craft. L.E.M used as a life
  boat, which gets astronauts home safely.

Apollo 17 Last mission to land on the moon.
1-Cernan, 2-Evans, 3-Schmidt
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G. SPACE SHUTTLE INFO

• ENTERPRISE (first built, used for tests in
  Earths atmosphere

• COLUMBIA (first one to enter space-1981,
  exploded during landing-2003)

• CHALLENGER (carried Sally Ride-1st U.S. woman
  in space, exploded
• 72 seconds after launch-1986)

• DISCOVERY (carried the Hubble telescope into
  space-1990)

• ATLANTIS (Responsible for launch of the
  Galileo Space Probe-1989)

• ENDEAVOUR (built to replace the Challenger,
  first flight-1992

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H. Space Stations, Probes

• 1. Space Station- is a large artificial satellite
  on which people can live and work for long
  periods of time.

• 2. Examples

a. Sky Lab 1973-1979 b. International Space
Station- 1998-present

• 3. Space Probes- a space craft that carries
  scientific instruments that can collect data on
  far away places which are to far for humans to
  travel.

• 4. Examples

a. Sputnik (1st USSR) c. Voyager (Outer
Planets) b. Explorer (1st USA 1/31/58) d. New
Horizons (Pluto)