Chp.22 4D Project

  • First Successful Plane Flight (wright)

    First Successful Plane Flight (wright)

    The Wright brothers made this flight. This flight took two attempts. One of them resulted in a minor crash. It was important because it made us want to fly more.
  • First Successful Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launch

    First Successful Liquid-Fueled Rocket Launch

    Robert H. Goddard was the man that launched it. It was important because it tested different ships.
  • Discovery of Pluto

    Discovery of Pluto

    It was important because they thought it was a x planet, not a real planet. They then later on announced that it wasn't a true planet.
  • First Satellite in Space (Sputnik)

    First Satellite in Space (Sputnik)

    It was the world's first artificial satellite. The Soviet Union launced it. It pushed us into the space race,
  • Man's first orbit around the Earth

    Man's first orbit around the Earth

    Yuri Gagarin was the man. It was the first time we got out of our atmosphere.
  • Apollo I

    Apollo I

    There was a cabin fire during a launch pad test that killed the three crew members. This made more saftey measures.
  • Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon

    Armstrong joined NASA in 1962. He awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Apollo XIII

    Apollo XIII

    It was supposed to land on the moon, but it had a major problem. An oxygen tank exploded.
  • Apollo XVII

    Apollo XVII

    It was launched at 12:33 a.m. it was our last time we went to the moon.
  • U.S Skylab Placed in Orbit

    U.S Skylab Placed in Orbit

    It is our only space lab by itself in the U.S. It included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems.
  • Viking Lands On Mars

    Viking Lands On Mars

    It was the first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars and perform its mission.
  • Voyager 1 and 2 Launched

    Voyager 1 and 2 Launched

    They were the farthes human made object in space.
  • First Space Shuttle Flight

    First Space Shuttle Flight

    This flight represented the greates achievement iin aviation for 1981. It was reusable.
  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster

    It broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. They wanted more interests in the space program, so they sent a teacher up.
  • Voyager 2 reaches Neptune

    Voyager 2 reaches Neptune

    Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft to observe the planet Neptune. It took 11 years.
  • Hubble Space Telescope Placed In Orbit

    Hubble Space Telescope Placed In Orbit

    It was not distorted in the atmosphere. It still remains in operation.
  • Pathfinder Lands on Mars.

    Pathfinder Lands on Mars.

    It took pictures of Mars. It launched December 5th, 1996.
  • International Space Station Construction in Space

    International Space Station Construction in Space

    It was a cooperation between different countries.
  • Columbia Disaster

    Columbia Disaster

    It was the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. It showed the problem of reusing shuttles.
  • Space Shuttle Program's Last Flight

    Space Shuttle Program's Last Flight

    Shuttles have been used for 30 years.
  • Spirit and Opportunity Land On Mars

    Spirit and Opportunity Land On Mars

    It showed that there were once water on Mars.