Space

Space Exploration

By 019jyc
  • Period: 476 to 550

    Aryabhatta

    Aryabhatta lived as a great astronomer/mathematician.
    He is famous for his books written about astronomy and mathematics.
  • Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus lived in Poland his whole life. He became famous from his theory which stated that Earth is a planet that circles the sun.
  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo

    Galileo lived in Italy.He was the first astronomer to use science to find out what the universe was made out of.

  • Comet

    Comet
    A comet is a small world called a planetesimal, it is made out of dust and ice. Halley's Comet is one of the most famous comets because it was predicted that it would be seen every 75 to 76 years by a man called Edmund Halley (the comet was named after him).

  • CSIRO

    CSIRO
    In 1926, the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) was founded.The CSIRO have been studying astronomy.

  • The First Animal in Space

    The First Animal in Space
    1940s:
    Though most people believe that a dog was the first animal to enter space, they are proven wrong because the first animals to enter space are actually fruit flies.

  • What was Laika? Why was Laika famous?

    What was Laika? Why was Laika famous?
    1950s:
    Laika was a Siberian husky. She was famous because she was the first animal to orbit Earth. Unfortunately, she didn't make it back to Earth.

  • NASA

    NASA
    It was the 29 of July, 1958 when NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was founded
    NASA does all the launches to space for America

  • Mercury Program

    Mercury Program
    The program started from 1959 to 1963. The goals of the program were to: orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, investigate how a man can function in space and redeem the man and the spacecraft safely.

  • Who was Yuri Gagarin? Why was he famous?

    Who was Yuri Gagarin? Why was he famous?
    1960s:
    Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut, his fame was due to him being the first man in outer space.

  • Apollo Program

    Apollo Program
    The Apollo program started from 1963 to 1972. Apollo's goal was to land a man on the moon and return him to Earth.

  • Gemini Program

    Gemini Program
    The Gemini program was created for the purpose of teaching astronauts the techniques involved in docking, rendezvous, long-term flight and space-walks. This program lasted from 1962 to 1966.

  • When was the first successful orbit and landing on Mars

    When was the first successful orbit and landing on Mars
    1970:
    In 1971, Mariner 9 was the fisrt space craft to orbit Mars. The Soviet Mars 3 mission was the first to land on the surface of Mars.

  • Space Shuttle

    Space Shuttle
    1980s:
    The difference between the space shuttle and the spacecraft is that a space shutttle can be reused where as the spacecraft can't. There where six space shuttles built and flown.The first space shuttle mission was on the 12th of April 1981 and the last was the 21st of July 2011. The space shuttle Challenger is different because on it's 10th launch, it exploded and killed the 7 crewmates.

  • What is the International Space Station (ISS)? What does it do?

    What is the International Space Station (ISS)? What does it do?
    1990s:
    The ISS is a large spacecraft that orbits Earthand homes astronauts.The station's purpose is for NASA to learn about living and working in space.

  • Pluto

    Pluto
    2000s:
    On the 24th of August 2006, Pluto was considered no longer a planet because it doesn't have the necessary requirements of being a planet.