Space Craft

By jbf1228

  • The first mammals into space, dogs, that reached space.

    They were the first mammals to recover successfully from a trip to space. This is significant becuase people figured out that you could send live things into space. This event changed the lives of people because astronomers began working on getting humans in to space. This event had no impact on society.

  • The first artificial satellite was launched in to space.

    The Sputnik was a Soviet satellite that was laucnhed into space. This was significant becuase it changed how the American public thought about Russia. The event changed the lives of people becuase people now considered that Russia can send massive payloads toward mainland, so they lived in the fear of that. Thats also how it affected socieety.

  • Date when NASA was founded.

    This event is significant becuase technically, it was related to national defense. NASA was createed during the time of the cold war, so Russia and USA, the two super powers, were locked in a number of conflicts but the one related to NASA was the Space Race, or the race to get man to the moon. USA accomplished this first, but almost at the cost of Apollo 11. This event changed the lives of people becuase they got to see that USA got to the moon first. P1

  • The date NASA was found

    This affected society becuase this took place during the time of the cold war, so everybody in the USA was extremely worried that there would be a nuclear war between thus USA and Russia.

  • Apollo 11, the first manned mission to the moon by the US.

    This event is significant becuase it ended the space race, and USA were the winners over Russia. This affected the lives of poeple becuase the Apollo 11 crew members almost gave their ;ives for the cause of landing on the moon. This affected society becuase they still lived in the fear of Russia launching massive amounts of pay loadsin to the home land.

  • This date marked the end of the space race.

    This date is significant becuase it marked one step closer to the end of the Cold War. This affected the lives of poeple becuase astronomers now had to think about more than just the moon. Also, society was affected becuase at the same time this was happening, society was becoming modernized.

  • The rocket ship Challenger explodes

    The Challenger explodes after 73 seconds of liftoff, killing all 7 astronauts aboard , which was why it was significant. This affected the lives of people becuase people felt lose of the members killed aboard, which is also how it affected society.

  • This date is when the hubble telescope was invented.

    This is significant becuase astronomers were able to see in to deep space. This changed the lives of people cuase now astronauts and satellites might be sent in to deep space. society was affected becuase it's modernized.

  • One of the space tragedies. A shuttle burned upon renetry, killing over 10 astronuats.

    A shuttle burned upon renetry, killing over 10 astronuats. This is significant becuase this is one of the few times there was a mistake and astronauts were killed. This affected society becuase they all felt the loss of the astronauts that died in the process. This affected the lives of the family members of the astronauts that were killed.

  • curiosity (Mars Rover) was launched from Cape Canaveral.

    This is significant becuase this was the first time that humanity was able to see Mars. This affected the lives of astronauts becuase now there is plans for there to be manned missions to Mars. This affects society becuase maybe one day in the future there will be a colonization o Mars.

  • NASA's new horizons unmmaned machine reaches pluto and get pictures. This was significant becuase this was the first time pictures were taken of the last planet.

    This was significant becuase this was the first time pictures were taken of the last official planet. This affects the lives of the people who helped the mission to get to Pluto becuase now they will innovate and see if they can get rover to Pluto. This affects society becuase it shows that humanity itslef is becoming more technologically driven and one day it can solve major problems.