Space travel
by Haylee Horn
The first man & woman in space.
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin, he was 27 when he left earth to orbit earth on April 12, 1961.
The first woman in space was Valentina, she was 22 when she left earth to enter space on june 16, 1963
Event Information
The worlds first artificial satellite
The first artificial satellite was launched into space to orbit the earth.This satellite was about the size of a beach. The name of this accomplishment is "Sputnik"
When?
Thursday, Mar 12, 2015, 09:00 PM
Where?
space
Why John Glenn jr. is so important to american space exploration
John Glenn jr. is so important to our history because of the "space race" we were in with russia, he led us to win this race by being the first American to orbit the earth
How Dr. Wernher von Braun furthered americas space progress
Dr. Wernher von Braun created the space ship that carried the first man to the moon.
Recent major space projects & what these projects studys
First orbit of dwarf planet-March 6, 2015
First man made probe- August 25, 2012
First orbit of Mercury- March 18, 2011
First sample return from comet- January 15, 2006
First soft landing on Titan- January 14, 2005
First sample return beyond lunar orbit- September 8, 2004
These projects studied orbit & comets
First American in space, first American to walk the moon & first American space station.
First American in space- Alan Shepard. took place in 1961
First American to walk on the moon- Neil Armstrong. Took place in 1969
First American space station- Skylark. Took place in 1973
Major International space station currently
A space station where scientist are living to know more about our world
posSible space travels in the future & possible ways to stay in space
In the future they plan on going to every planet in the solar system.
They also plan on finding some way to live in space