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Sputnik
https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
On October 4, 1957, the first world satellite was launched, it was launched by the USSR. ( union of soviet socialist republics) It was the size of an average beach ball but was very heavy with 183.9 pounds. It was the beginning of the space race, the U.S. versus the U.S.S.R. After the first 2 sputniks they sent up sputnik III which was carrying a living animal, a dog, sadly it did not come back alive. It was the first living organism that was sent to space. -
Apollo 11
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
On July 16 the United States beat the U.S.S.R. by landing the first man on the moon ending the space race. After landing 6 hours later Neil Armstrong took one small step for America. They only stayed on the moon for only 8 days. They also collect rocks that were named moon rocks which were very rare at that time because only 1 shuttle was sent up. -
The Challenger
On January 1st the challenger was a normal day for the challenger crew, except that they were going into orbit for a mission. On takeoff, the challenger only made it 71 seconds before it blew up killing all 7 passengers. The explosion was caused by one of there oil tanks which made the ship break apart and explode. The
an engineer still blames himself for letting those men and women die. -
Hubble Space Telescope
https://hubblesite.org
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990. It was able to take pictures of many space anomalies. It was named after Edwin Powell Hubble who made some of the most valuable discoveries in early astronomy. To this day, it is still taking pictures. -
Mars Rovers
https://www.space.com/mars-rovers.html
mars rovers are the future to the exploring of planets without sending a single person, scientist are able to explore the planet, -
The Founding of Space X
Space X is a company that creates and sends space shuttles into orbit. The company was founded in 2002. Their main goal is enabling people to live on another planet. -
Curiosity Rover
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
The Curiosity Mars Rover landed on Mars at 1:32am (EST) August 5, 2012. The hopes for the rover is that it would demonstrate long-range mobility on Mars, the ability to land in a small radius, being able to land and make it onto Mars's surface. It traveled around 30 meters per hour and could go over obstacles 29 inches high.
