NASA Past, Present and Future

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NASAPast, Present and Future

• Presented by
• James, Rick, Michelle, Trina and Michelle

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NASA - Objectives
By the end of our presentation you willlearn the
following

• NASAs Early Days
• Missions
• RD
• Future Missions
• Lost Heroes
• Math Concept

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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NASA - Research and Development

• Hurricane warning device help save lives
• Monitors dangers from space
• NASAs technologies contribute to quality of life
  on Earth

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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!

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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.

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NASA Future Missions Orion

• Human civilization.
• Scientific knowledge.
• Exploration preparation.
• Economic expansion.
• Public engagement.
• Global partnerships.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Math Concept
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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.